Ranking Video Poker Hands and Winners

Playing video poker there are several ways that you can win. What you first need to keep in mind is that you need particular hands to win the biggest jackpots. You can win smaller amounts for getting lower cards and lower hands, but the object is to try to get the highest hands for the biggest payouts.

Keep in mind that there are fifty-two cards in a deck, and that at any given time any of those card can be brought out in your video poker game.

Be sure to read the rules and regulations at the casino where you are playing video poker. It is quite possible that you could be playing with two decks or sometimes even three decks at any given time!

The odds are still with you, written in the program for how you can win and what cards can be distributed at one time. If you are playing with two or three decks you, have the same odds of winning as when playing with one deck.

No matter how many decks you are playing with there are four suits which include the hearts, diamonds, spades, and the clubs. Getting hands that are all clubs, all hearts, all diamonds or all spades are some of the highest hands that you can have, meaning you get more for your bet.

Gambling is a bit of luck, but look for the many strategic ways that you can win when playing online poker.

Video poker hands of the highest types include:

Five card combinations, the make up of the five cards you have at the end of a game is what determines if your gamble, if your bet is a winner.

Ace, King, Queen, Jack and a Ten all of the same suit at the highest winning hand.
Ace, Kind, Queen, Jack, and a Ten of different suits are another high hand
Four of a kind is a winner
Three of a kind makes you a winner
Two of a kind still makes you a winner
Having five in a ‘row’ such as two, three, four, five and a six or a six, seven, eight, nine and a ten are all winners.
Having five of a kind in a ‘row’ all of the same suit is a winner as well!

Depending on how much you gamble, how much you bet, and if you get the winning hand, your video poker online experience can make your money build and build.

Along with the usual cards played in the deck, online poker often involves the use of wild cards, such as the joker. The joker can take the place of any card to make a losing hand a winner!

Be on the look out for casinos that offer wild cards, and keep them in your hand when you have the chance for a winning hand.