Objective
The object of Video Poker is to get the best possible combination so that you earn the highest payout on the bet you placed.
Video Poker Basics
- The dealer uses a single 52-card deck with no Joker and the deck is reshuffled after each hand.
- Choose the amount you wish to bet by clicking the Bet One or Bet Max buttons.
- Clicking the Bet Max button adds 5 credits to the Bet text box and automatically deals the first draw.
- Clicking the Bet One button adds one credit to the Bet text box. You can add up to five credits.
- You are dealt one five-card poker hand.
- After the first draw, which is automatic, you may hold any of the cards and draw again by clicking the Deal/Draw button.
- To hold a card, simply click on it and a hold sign will appear.
- If you have a winning hand, the corresponding row to your combination will light up on the payout table.
- If there are any credits in the machine, you can cash them all out by clicking the Cash Out button.
- Our Casino uses $0.25, $1 and $5 machines with up to five-coin bets each.
Video Poker Specifics
Winning Combinations
Jacks or Better:
A pair pays off only if the cards in the pair are Jacks, Queens, Kings, or Aces. Lower pairs do not pay off.
Two Pair:
Two sets of pairs of the same card denomination (for example: Q,Q,3,6,6).
Three of a Kind:
Three cards of the same denomination (for example: K,K,K,Q,10).
Straight:
Five consecutive denomination cards of different suits (for example: 6,7,8,9,10. An Ace can be the starting card or the ending card-A,2,3,4,5 or 10,J,Q,K,A ).
Flush:
Five non-consecutive denomination cards of the same suit (for example: 2,5,10,J,A, all in Spades, Hearts, Clubs or Diamonds).
Full House:
A set of three cards of the same denomination plus a set of two cards of the same denomination (for example: K,K,K,A,A).
Four of a Kind:
Four cards of the same denomination (for example: 7,7,7,7,J).
Straight Flush:
Five consecutive denomination cards of the same suit (for example: 5,6,7,8,9, all in Spades, Hearts, Clubs or Diamonds).
Royal Flush:
Five consecutive denomination cards of the same suit, starting from 10 and ending with an Ace (for example: 10,J,Q,K,A, all in Spades, Hearts, Clubs or Diamonds).
| Payout Table |
| |
1 Coin |
2 Coin |
3 Coin |
4 Coin |
5 Coin |
| Royal Flush |
250 |
500 |
750 |
1000 |
JACKPOT |
| Straight Flush |
50 |
100 |
150 |
200 |
250 |
| 4 of a Kind |
25 |
50 |
75 |
100 |
125 |
| Full House |
8 |
16 |
24 |
32 |
40 |
| Flush |
5 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
25 |
| Straight |
4 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
20 |
| 3 of a Kind |
3 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
15 |
| Two Pair |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
| Jacks or Better |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Table Limits
| Table Limits: |
| Video Poker Type |
Minimum Bet |
Maximum Bet |
| I |
$0.25 |
$1.25 |
| II |
$1 |
$5 |
| III |
$5 |
$25 |
General Text Boxes
Progressive Jackpot: When playing as Player, you can see the current progressive jackpot. If you have five coins in the machine and you hit a Royal Flush, you win the progressive jackpot (the amount of the progressive jackpot changes depending on the denomination you choose).
Message: This indicates whether you are the Player or the Dealer.
Opponent: This tells you the name (or nickname) of your current opponent.
Last Round: This tells you how much you won or lost in the previous round.
Dealer Points: This is your current Dealer Points balance. As Player, you accumulate 1 Dealer Point on every dollar you place as a bet. As Dealer, 1 Dealer Point is deducted for every dollar bet against you.
Fun Balance/Balance: This is your current Fun/Real-Money Balance (in US dollars).
Commission: When playing as Dealer, you pay a commission of 2% (1.5% + 0.5% because of the progressive jackpot) on the total bets placed against you. You do not pay commission as the Player.
Video Poker Text Boxes
Payout: This tells you how many credits you won in the current round.
Credits: This tells you how many credits are in the machine. The number of credits depends on the selected Video Poker denomination (for example, $5 equals one credit in the $5 machine, five credits in the $1 machine and 20 credits in the $0.25 machine).
Bets: This is your current bet (between 0 and 5).
Game Options
Cash Buttons, $5, $25 and $100: Clicking the cash buttons inserts credits into the machine. The amount of credits depends on the machine's selected denomination (clicking the $5 cash button in the $1 machine inserts five credits, etc.).
Coin Slot: Clicking on the
Coin Slot to the right of the Deal/Draw button inserts one credit at a time into the machine.
Deal/Draw: After you have entered your bet into the machine, click
Deal/Draw in order to deal the first five cards. After you decide which cards you want to keep, click
Deal/Draw again to replace the cards you want to discard.
Bet One: Clicking
Bet One adds one credit to the Bet text box. You can add up to five credits.
Bet Max: Clicking
Bet Max adds five credits to the Bet text box and automatically deals the hand.
Cash Out: If you still have any credits or bets in the machine, clicking
Cash Out returns them to your balance.
Disconnections
Communication problems over the Internet may cause sudden disconnections. Our software has been designed to cope with these disconnections and protect you from unjustified losses.
If you are playing Video Poker as the Dealer and a disconnection occurs after you have clicked the
Approve button, the play will continue until the Player has finished his turn. This will have no effect on you.
If you are playing as the Player and the disconnection occurs before you finalize your play (i.e. click the
Deal/Draw button), the money will be returned to your balance. If it happens after you click
Deal/Draw but before you have a chance to select the cards to hold, the round will continue as if you had selected to hold all cards. A win will be credited to your balance.
After connection is re-established, you can enter the History page and see the results of the last round (History is available for Real Money mode only).
Playing as Dealer
Our casino offers you the unique option of playing the role of the Dealer. This option increases your chances of winning, as you gain some of the favorable odds reserved for the Casino. At the end of every round the Casino takes a commission of 2% (1.5% + 0.5% because of the progressive jackpot) of the total bets placed against the Dealer. In addition, the Casino pays all winnings in case the Player hits a Royal Flush.
Example
A Dealer chooses to play in Video Poker Machine II. This means that the Dealer meets the minimum requirements for playing in this machine type: a minimum of 5 Dealer Points and a minimum balance of $250. The system then matches a Player to the Dealer and after the Dealer approves the next round, the Player places his bets in the machine. Let's say the Player plays with a bet of four credits. This means the player has inserted four credits into the machine as his bet (for a total bet of 4*1 = $4). The Player then clicks
Deal/Draw and is dealt the first five cards. The Player receives the following as his first cards: J,3,5,3,9 of the following suits: Diamonds (J), Spades (3), Spades (5), Hearts (3), Hearts (9). The Player decides to keep his pair of 3s and discards the rest of the cards. After the second hand is dealt, the Player has 6,3,4,3,8 of the following suits: Spades (6), Spades (3), Diamonds (4), Hearts (3), Spades (8). The Player doesn't have a winning combination as he must reach Jacks or Better. The Player loses his bet of $4. Because the bet against the Dealer was $4, the Casino takes a commission of $0.08 (2%*4), which means the Dealer wins $3.92 ($4-0.08) for this round. The Casino's edge over the player in Video Poker is about 4.5% (bear in mind that this edge is how the Casino makes a profit on Video Poker) so as the Dealer you actually gain an edge of about 2.5%.
Minimum Dealer Points and Balance
You can play as Dealer once you have accumulated enough Dealer Points and you have enough money in your balance, according to the game's limits.
Click here for more information.
The Minimum Balance required is a bit higher than the total winnings of the Player in a given round. This is calculated as: (Video Poker denomination: $0.25, $1 or $5) * 249(Maximum number of credits that can be won) + 2%(Casino commission) * ( 5(Maximum number of credits in the machine) * (Machine Denomination: $0.25, $1 or $5) )
Game Options
Approve Button/Auto-Approve Feature:
When playing as Dealer, before each round commences you must approve the next round. After you approve the round, the Player can place his bets and play. The
Auto-Approve feature allows you to automatically approve the next rounds, without having to approve every round individually.
