The objective of Video Poker is to receive the highest ranked five card
poker hand possible. To begin playing Video Poker, you must deposit money into
the machine.
Once you have deposited to the Video Poker machine and selected a
coin denomination, the amount of coins you have available within the machine
is shown in the CREDIT field at the bottom of the Video Poker machine. Note
that the Balance field will not change when you change the coin denomination
since they show your balance in dollars (not coins).
Once you have deposited to the Video Poker machine, you may then click on
the "Bet One" button up to the amount of coins you would like to play
to a maximum of 5 coins. When you are ready, click or press
the "Deal/Draw" button to distribute the cards. You will be given
5 cards. The machine uses a 52 card deck (53 for Joker Poker) which is
played fresh after each hand. Then you hold onto the card(s) that you need in
order to achieve the highest ranked poker hand possible. You may hold cards
by simply clicking on them or pressing the button below each card. Once you
have selected a given amount of cards to hold, click or press
the "Deal/Draw" button again. The cards that were not held will
be replaced. If after this replacement you have any combination of cards
that qualifies for a payout, your credit will be increased by the amount of
coins shown in the Paid field.
There are three popular versions of Video Poker which are expalined below:
|
Hand
|
Payoff
|
|
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Jacks or Better
|
Jokers Wild
|
Deuces Wild
|
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Jacks or Better
- A pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings, or Aces.
|
1 to 1
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Kings or Better
- A pair of Kings or Aces.
|
1 to 1
|
1 to 1
|
NA
|
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Two Pairs
-Two separate pairs (Ex: 5, 5, J, J).
|
2 to 1
|
1 to 1
|
NA
|
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Three of a Kind
-Three cards of the same value.
|
3 to 1
|
2 to 1
|
1 to 1
|
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Straight
-Five cards in sequence, but not in the same suit.
|
4 to 1
|
3 to 1
|
2 to 1
|
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Flush
-Any five cards of the same suit (spades, clubs, diamonds, or hearts)
|
6 to 1
|
5 to 1
|
3 to 1
|
|
Full House
-Three of a kind combined with a pair (Ex: 8,8,8,2,2).
|
9 to 1
|
8 to 1
|
4 to 1
|
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Four of a Kind
- All four cards of the same face value (Ex: 3,3,3,3).
|
20 to 1
|
15 to 1
|
4 to 1
|
|
Straight Flush
- Any five card sequence in the same suit. (Ex: 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q all
in spades).
|
40 to 1
|
50 to 1
|
9 to 1
|
|
Wild Royal Flush
- A Royal Flush that contains a wild card(s).
|
NA
|
100 to 1
|
20 to 1
|
|
Five of a Kind
- All four cards of the same face value (Ex: 3,3,3,3,3). Cannot
be accomplished without a wild card.
|
NA
|
200 to 1
|
15 to 1
|
|
Royal Flush
- Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten all in the same suit.
|
250 to 1
|
400 to 1
|
250 to 1
|
|
Four Deuces
- a hand that contains all of the 2's.
|
NA
|
NA
|
200 to 1
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