About Online Poker - In this section we'll teach you all about video poker including how to play video poker, tips and a helpful strategy chart on video poker.

About

Video poker is in a way simply the slot machine version of regular poker. The most significant difference is that in regular poker a player competes against the other players' hands where as in video poker a player just needs to make the best ranking hand possible.

Video poker is an extremely popular version of poker in North America. In was introduces in the 70's, using a contemporary revolutionary device: the computer chip. There are several ways to play video poker, each way differing somewhat in payoffs and rules, but all played in the same basic manner.

Video poker uses the standard 52 deck, sometimes using specific cards as "wild cards" (cards that can take any rank or suit you want). A player is dealt 5 cards, and needs to choose which cards if any to hold unto. The other cards are replaced by the machine, making a new five card hand. The player's goal is to get a poker ranking hand, from Royal Flush to a Pair. The higher ranking hand - the better, for there is a clear hierarchy of hands and the sums which they win. In most video poker games, a player can win up to the full amount of money in the machine. The payoff list is always posted on the machine itself.

Video poker is a fast game that wastes no moment. If you like fast deals and games - this may be the game for you!