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Video Poker
 Video Poker is popular because it combines aspects of both luck and skill. There is no hidden house advantage and no secretly tight machines to deal with as with slot machines. Every draw begins with a fresh deck of shuffled cards. Certain video poker machines actually have a positive financial expectation if played perfectly for long enough.Inside the video poker machine is the Random Number Generator or RNG. A RNG is a software algorithm used to ensure a truly random outcome of game play. While the machine is not being played, the RNG runs hundreds of times per second. The RNG has billions of possible outcomes for any set of cards. Once the Start, Deal or Bet button is pressed (or the first coin is deposited), the outcome is determined regardless of game play or the number of coins bet. The video poker machine is based on the Five Card Draw poker game. The object of the game is to get a hand that offers the highest payout possible. Different hand types offer different payouts. Most video poker machines offer returns of over 95% and some even offer returns over 100%. The payout table below shows the payout for each type of hand is displayed at the top of the video poker screen. To begin each round of play the player must make a bet. This bet is taken from the number of credits allocated to the player. After the bet is made, five cards are dealt to the player and are shown on the screen. The player then has the option of holding or discarding as many of these cards as he wants. The cards that he discards are then replaced with new cards from the deck. This new hand represents the player`s final hand. If the hand is good enough to be one of the payout hands, the number of credits allocated to the player will immediately be incremented by the amount specified in the payout table. At this time the machine is waiting for the player to place his next bet to start the process over. Jacks or better is the most popular form of video poker machine available. When playing this type of machine, the player wins if their final five card hand contains at least a pair of jacks or better. Jacks or better was the original form of video poker, but newer versions include Deuces Wild, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Joker's Wild, Poker Frenzy and others. VIDEO POKER STRATEGY 1. Learn the rules of the game. Make sure you know the rules of the game before you sit down to play. 2. Learn the different types of payout hands. Different video poker machines offer payouts for different types of poker hands. Generally, the more wild cards there are in a game, the better the poker hand has to be in order to receive a payout. Usually the games which have no wild cards offer a payout for a pair of Jacks or better. The Joker's Wild games usually offer a payout for two pair or any hand with a joker. The Deuces Wild games usually don't payout unless you have three of a kind or better. 3. Pick out the machine that you are going to play. All video poker machines are not equal. Different machines offer different returns so it's a good idea to pick a favorable one. Also, it is a good idea to learn how to play one machine before learning another one since the playing strategies are different between the machines also. 4. Always bet the maximum amount when favorable. All the progressive payout machines and even many of the others offer more favorable payouts when the maximum bet is placed. On these machines, your expected winnings will increase when you place the maximum bet. 5. Learn how to play the hands for maximum profits. This is the hard because there are so many possiblr hands and possible payouts but there is a video poker program that can do this for you. This program also can automatically create a set of rules that you should follow in order to realize the maximum returns of a particular video poker machine.
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