UK Online Casinos

The BEST guide to online casinos

Casino Games Strategies

VIDEO POKER STRATEGIES
Video poker has become one of the most popular forms of gambling. If you are someone who likes a game of skill, a low house edge, the possibility of large wins, few games can compare with video poker.

 
Online Casinos
Spin Palace Casino
Littlewoods Casino
Ritz Club Casino
Victor Chandler Casino
32Red Casino
King Solomon's Casino
Slotland
William Hill Casino
Cirrus Casino
Home
Promotions
Casino Reviews
Beginners Guide
 
Game Strategies
Free Casino Games
High Rollers
Players Club
 
Lucky Devils
Playing in CASH
All Casinos
Our Commitment To You
 
Contact Us
Help
 
Online Casino Reviews:
Spin Palace Casino
Littlewoods Casino
Ritz Club Casino
Victor Chandler Casino
32Red Casino
King Solomon's Casino
Slotland
William Hill Casino
Cirrus Casino
 
Make 666 Bet   Casino:
Your Home Page
 
Join Players Club
Visit www.devilsownpoker.com
Craps Strategy Stud Poker Strategy Video Poker Strategy Blackjack Strategy Roulette Strategy
CRAPS STUD POKER VIDEO POKER BLACKJACK ROULETTE
  The rules are pretty straightforward - make your bet - you are dealt five cards - you compare these with the payout schedule and choose which cards to hold and which to discard - the machine replaces your discards and then pays, according to the value of your hand.
The odds on any given hand vary from game to game, but the house edge is generally small, even 0% sometimes. The house gets its edge when players do not follow the optimum strategy.
The number of variations of video poker is constantly increasing. Wild cards have been introduced, some versions of the game feature multiple decks and bonuses for certain four of a kinds are common. Payoff tables can vary from one game to another. Every variation produces different odds and requires player strategies. It is worth your while acquiring these strategies - the serious player can make pretty good money playing Video Poker well.
Remember - the cards are chosen at random - no switch is made to tighten-up the game against you. A 'royal flush' can be dealt at any time with equal probability.
 
PLAYING STRATEGY - ROUGH GUIDE
Because there are so many different games, different pay tables and levels of complexity in the strategy, it is an almost impossible task to cover every video poker strategy completely.

Jacks or better
Hold on to any hand that already pays.
Possible exceptions:
  • Hold four card Royal Flushes to make Straights or Flushes.
  • Four card straight flushes, inside or outside.
  • High card Pairs rank here.
  • Three card Royal Flushes.
  • Four card Flushes.
  • Low Pairs rank here, trying to build Three Of A Kind.
  • Four card Flushes.
  • Four card Straights. Hold inside Straights only if you've got three or
    more high cards (J, Q, K, A).

General strategy when you've got nothing worth money:
  • Keep any two suited high cards. Discard unsuited high cards.
  • Four mixed-suit high cards:
       - keep any three suited, toss the unsuited.
       - otherwise, keep them all.
  • Three unsuited high cards:
      - keep all three of K-Q-J.
      - with A-K-J or A-Q-J, discard the A.
  • Keep any two unsuited high cards.
  • Keep any single high card.

Tens or better
The strategy is the same as for Jacks Or Better - where 10 is now a high card.

Deuces wild
General strategy - best options first:
  • Hold any 5 Of A Kind or Royal Flush.
  • Or, if you've got four 2's: keep them.
  • Or, if you've got three 2's:
      - hold any made 5 Of A Kind or Royal Flush
      - otherwise, keep the 2's and discard the rest.
  • Or, if you've got two 2's:
      - hold any made Straight, Five Of A Kind or Royal Flush.
      - hold any 4 of a Kind.
      - hold any 4 of a Royal Flush.
      - otherwise, keep the 2's and discard the rest.
  • Or, if you've got a single 2, keep any made hand EXCEPT:
      - hold four card Royal Flushes over made Straights, Flushes and
        Straight Flushes.
      - keep four card Straight Flushes of all types.
      - hold three card Royal Flushes .
      - pairs: with two pair, keep one, but not both.
      - hold four card Flushes.
      - hold four card Straights.
      - hold three card Straight Flushes, including gaps.
      - hold four card inside Straights.
      - hang on to two card Q or J high Straight Flushes .
      - discard two card Royal Flushes.
      - if you've come this far down this list of options - discard everything         and try again.

Jokers wild
Remember that only Kings and Aces are high cards - this is a ‘Kings-or-Better’ game.
General strategy:
  • Keep a Joker. Rarely seen - only once in ten hands, on average.
  • Don't keep an inside Straight.
  • Straight Flushes are a good payer and they occur a lot more often than
    in a game like 'Jacks-or-Better'.

All American
Straights and Flushes pay well, so it tips the usual strategy in their favour:
  • Prefer inside Straights over one or two high cards.
  • Prefer 4 card outside Straights and 4 card flushes over pairs, even high
    ones.
  • Hold any three cards to a Flush.
 

Casino Devils Promotions
Lucky Winners
Registration to all of the casinos featured on this site is FREE. No deposit is required and you may sign-up and play any of their free-play games without obligation.
  Our Commitment to You and Casino Reviews explain how we have chosen our casinos. On the way to compiling this list, we have negotiated some quite incredible initial offers with each of our casinos. In most cases these devilishly good Promotions are EXCLUSIVE to 666 Bet and will NOT be seen anywhere else. Why not take a look and judge for yourself and please remember – in order to benefit from these exclusive bonuses you must connect to your chosen casinos through one of the 666 Bet links found on this site.  
Finally, may we take this opportunity to wish you the very best of luck at the tables.
666 Bet Devils

Copyright © 2005 666 Bet