All about online video poker games

Online video poker games are very popular and quite sophisticated gambling entertainments, which could attract a lot of gamblers, who prefer not to depend completely on luck but make some efforts and reach success instead.

There are a lot of Real Time Gaming or Cryptologic online casinos, which offer numerous video poker software and applications that are free for usage and practice.

Object of video poker game

Despite the similar names video poker and usual poker games are quite different within their playing rules and the main distinction is that in video poker players do not compete with each other and need to beat only the dealer.

There a lot of various video poker modifications such as Deuces Wild, Tens or Better, All American, Jokers Wild, which apply different playing conditions, but the main object of all online video poker games is always the same - to get a favorable card combination, which beats the dealer's cards.

Video poker card combinations

There are several card combinations in video poker, each of which has its own rank and payoff:

• Wild Royal Flush includes 5 cards in succession beginning with 10 and ending with an ace, which are of the same suit, plus a wild card;
• of the kind includes 4 cards of the same rank plus a wild card;
• Royal Straight Flush includes 5 cards in succession beginning with 10 and ending with an ace, which are of the same suit;
• Straight Flush includes 5 cards in succession, which have the same suit;
• Full House includes a pair of cards of the same rank plus other three cards of equal rank;
• Flush includes any 5 cards of the same suit;
• Straight includes any 5 cards in succession;
• 4 of the kind includes 4 cards of the same rank;
• 3 of the kind includes 3 cards of the same rank;
• 2 pairs includes two pairs of cards of the same rank;
• A pair includes a pair of cards of the same rank.

Video poker rules

Video poker is played with a usual deck of 52 cards, which are dealt in such way that at the very beginning of the game the dealer and players get 5 cards each.

Then, players are allowed to exchange any quantity of their cards for other cards in order to get some winning combination. In case they manage to gather a card combination, which is ranked higher than the dealer's one, they are regarded as winners and are rewarded according to casino gaming online play pay table.