Video poker

Coming into any Casino In Vegas you will surely see the rows of poker machines, standing on almost every piece of free space. Sometimes it happens some of them is free to give you the possibility to try. Some people look at those machines as at reverse of cash machines. You put the money, watch the screen, pull several buttons and…voila! You just have made the casino happy. Others consider it a splendid way to liven oneself up  with  the help of the fist of coins and a slowly drunk beer . But really in video poker we can find more than it seems at the first glance. Not without a reason the poker machines it is included into favourite entertainment for many casinos’ guests. Especially because in contrast with many other games, poker requires abilities and thanks to it we can significantly increase our chances to win and to multiply the profit.  With Sportingbet.com you have a chance to check each of six machines for playing poker – at any time, by your favourite drink or without it.

Video poker is  just an electronic al version of well-known card game – 5 – cards poker, in which we can “break the bank” with the help of exchanging cards. Similarly as it is in regular poker, the matter is the best combination of 5 cards. Observing the cards in your hand and estimating its usefulness, you can exchange  any number of cards. The better  the combination after exchanging is, the more winnings you can reach. E.G. if in the first handing out  you have got  three of eights, the queen and the six, you will keep only eights (the three is paid in the ratio 3: 1), hoping to add the next eight for the complete four of a kind or a pair of other cards for the full house.

All the philosophy in this game consists in proper evaluating what cards we should keep and which ones are to exchanging. The rarer combinations enable us to win more. For example, from handing out the cards: the ace, the king, queen, Jack of spades and the nine of clubs we can leave all the cards for ourselves and enjoy the suit (awarded a bonus 6:1). But remember, if you get rid the nine and you managed in exchange to get the ten of spades, you will arrange the rare royal flush, and this is awarded a bonus at least 250:1.

Victorious Jack

The most popular game modeled on the poker is Jacks or Better (exact translation: pair of the knaves or higher). The name says everything : the matter is to collect a pair of Jacks at least. If it fails, the casino wins. Look always for the machines paying ten coins for the one coin bet on the full and six bet on a flush (it is often called 9/6 machines). The machines like those offer  99% rate of return, in contrast with the machines 8/5 or 6/5 offering far less attractive – 97 or even 95%. In Sportingbet .com casino the machines Jacks or Better enable winnings of a kind 9/6 and give elbow room by choosing the strategy. For example, the often method is putting 5 coins instead of one by decreasing the stake at the same time. If you put five 20-cent coins  in this way and you manage to combine the royal flush, the payment will be significantly bigger. From handing out like that you can expect 1250 coins (250:1 x five 20-cent coins) , but in fact the machine will pay you paralyzing 4000:1, mainly thanks to the fact the casino will charge a margin less by a fraction than in case you would be circulating bigger amounts by lower rates.

If the strategy is concerned, the way of playing depends to a large extent on cards in the first handing out. Look at the table below and compare it with your hand and reject the cards that will be surely useless.  You will quickly notice that sometimes it is better to  stay with lower paid cards in your hand than to go over the top. For a short time such a careful game may lower emotions’ level  when playing, but in a longer prospect it will surely increase your profits.  The important thing is to be aware that poker machines don’t have a memory. Play every event anew, it doesn’t make sense to rely on the experiences from previous games.

hand keep / exchange

Royal flush        5        0
Straight flush           5        0
Four of a kind           4        1
Four-card royal flush       4        1
Full house        5        0
Flush          5        0
Three of a kind          3        2
Straight          5        0
Four-card straight flush         4        1
Two-pairs          4        1
Pair of Jacks or higher           2        3
Three-card royal flush          3        2
Four-card flush          4        1
Pair lower than Jacks         2        3
Four-card straight            4        1
Three-card straight flush               3        2
Two-card royal flush           2        3
three high cards          3        2
two high cards           2        3
one high card           1        4
yarborough      0        5

Jacks or Better

Very well-known game – video poker, in which our purpose is certainly collecting as good combination of cards, giving us the biggest win. This pair of jacks or higher combinations completed by us are necessary to be paid winnings. In a case we get the combination lower than that pair, the winnings won’t be paid. The The bigger combination we gain, the more is our winnings. Those higher combinations are  e.g.: pair of Jacks of higher pairs, two pairs, three of a kind, straight, flush, four of a kind, straight flush, royal flush. For the last combination we may earn even up to 4000 x our rate! In order to play we choose the level of a bet within a range 1-5 coins. Then we click the button “hand”. We will get then 5 cards we can exchange. When we will keep the combination already won, it will be automatically marked up to us (it may be e.g.7,7,7,4,3). In this case we hit three of a kind, but when we will change unnecessary cards (in this situation 4 I 3), we can complete even better combinations (e.g. full house or four of  a kind). An additional option of a game is the function of doubling the win, and possibility of a Quick Game. I wish everyone  hitting  from the three up!

Aces and Faces Power Poker

Aces and Faces Power Poker is a version  different  from a standard video poker, because you play four handing outs. It offers big payments for combinations of 4 aces, or 4 faces. Faces  are all the jacks, queens and kings.  There are not wild cards, and the maximum payment is 4000 tokens. Notice:  the full pack consists in 52 cards is used for each handing out.

Deuces & Joker

Deuces and Joker poker we play using a pack of 53 cards instead of normal 52- cards pack. The additional card is joker and it is wild card. Deuces in a pack are exchangeable cards and may substitute for every different card and can make up fulfilling of the winning combination. Deuces are cards with value 2. Deuce and Joker fulfills of any card and play a role of a substitute enabling us to form the victorious card. Whenever you get deuce, or Joker, it is automatically an indicator of fulfilling. It gives you a payment as big as possible  - from the cards you currently have.

Maximum winnings in Deuces and Joker amounts 10000 tokens.

Notice: Complete pack including 53 cards, instead of normal 52-cards pack is used for every handing out.

Deuces and Joker Power Poker

Deuces and Joker Power Poker is different from a standard video poker game, because you play 5 handing outs. The pack including 53 cards is used for every game, instead of regular 52-cards pack. An additional card is a joker and it is wild card. Deuces in a pack are wild cards and play a role of substitute for all cards, as well as they are filling for winning card. Deuces are cards with value 2. Whenever you get Deuce, or Joker, it is automatically a filling for winning card. Because of that you get the biggest possible payment for your cards. Maximum payment in Deuces and Joker Power Poker amounts 10000 tokens. Notice: a new pack consisting in 53 cards are used in every game.

Deuces Wild Power Poker
Deuces Wild Power Poker is different from standard video poker, because you play four handing outs. However, deuces are wild cards and a substitute for any card. Deuces are cards with value 2. Whenever you get deuce, it automatically fills up a victorious card. Thanks to it you get the highest possible payment for your cards.

Maximum amount of payment in Deuces Wild Power Poker is 4000 tokens.

Notice: For more information how to play this game you can go to the section ‘Playing pokers’

Double Double Bonus Poker
Double Double Bonus Poker differs from a standard version of poker by that you play 100 handing outs paralelly.

This game offers big winnings for the following combinations:

*Four Aces with any Deuce, Three or Four

*Four Deuces, Threes, Fours, with any Ace, Deuce, Three or Four

*Four of a Kind (Aces)

*Four of a Kind (Deuces, Threes, Fours)

*Four of a Kind ( Fives for Kings)

There are no wild cards and the maximum winnings is 4000 tokens. Notice: For more information how to play <100 play power pokers>, go to the section 100 Play power Poker – help. Click the button “100 Play power poker” to see the file.

Double Joker
Double Joker Power poker game differs from standard video poker game, because there are 4 plays. The pack consists of 54 cards, and not 52 as normal pack. Additional cards are Jokers and they are wild cards. A joker substitutes for all other cards. Whenever you get a Joker, it will be automatically a filling of winning card. Because of this you reach the biggest possible payment for your cards. Maximum win in a game Double Joker Power poker amounts 4000 tokens. Notice: we use 54-cards pack in every game.

Double Joker Power Poker

Double Joker Power poker is different from standard video poker game because you play 100 handing outs at the time. We use a pack including 54 cards for every handing out, instead of a normal pack that consists of 52 cards. Additional cards are Jokers and they are wild cards.

A joker substitutes for every different card. Whenever you get a Joker, it will be filling for a winning card. Thanks to it you will be paid as much as possible for the cards you own.

Maximum payment in Double Joker Power poker is 4000 tokens.

Jacks Or Better Power Poker

The difference between Jacks Or Better Power and standard video poker consists in a number of handing outs (you play 4), and in a fact we do not have substitutes there. Maximum amount of winnings is 4000 tokens.

Joker Poker Power Poker
Joker Poker Power Poker is different from a standard video poker game, because there are 4 handing outs. A new pack consisting of 53 cards is used for every game, instead of regular pack of 52 cards. The additional card is a Joker and it is  wild card. A joker corresponds with every card and fills the winning card. Whenever you get a Joker, it is attributed at once as “filling” card. Thanks to it you get the biggest possible payment for the cards you have. Maximum amount of payment in a game Joker poker Power poker is 5000 tokens.

Louisiana Double

This game we play  using a pack of 53 cards, instead of regular 52-cards pack. Additional card is Double-card. If you get a Double with any winning combination, the payment for such combination is doubled. The function of doubling is automatic and unconditional. Maximum winnings in Louisiana poker amounts 2500 tokens. Notice: doubled card is not a wild card and does not constitute a filling of winning combination.

Progressive Jackpot Deuces

Jackpot Deuces video poker is based on standard rules of Deuces Wild video poker. It is played by using standard pack of 52 cards, which is shuffled before every game. Deuces in a  pack are wild cards, that is a substitute for any other card and may constitute a filling of winning combination. Jackpot Deuces poker it is progressive video poker. Jackpot deuces has a progressive Jackpot which is activated when you bet on five coins.

Important things:

* progressive cards are available in real game only,

* the value of Progressive Jackpot is given in credits, not in tokens

* all another winnings are in tokens

* the only token available in Jackpot Deuces has a value 1

*  failures annul all the games and winnings.

Tens Or Better

Tens Or Better poker it is a standard video poker game. There are not substitutes, and a maximum win amounts 4000 tokens.

Tens or Better Power Poker

This game differs from a standard video poker game because you play five handing outs. There are not substitutes, and a maximum amount of payment is 4000 tokens. Notice: The game is played using one standard pack including 52 cards.