Winning at Casino Video Poker

If you walk through any casino, past the flashing modern video slots, you will inevitably find rows of old, blocky Video Poker machines.

Playing Video Poker strictly on gut feeling or intuition is a guaranteed way to destroy this massive mathematical advantage and lose your bankroll.

Understanding the Paytable: Jacks or Better

The most common and foundational variation is "Jacks or Better," where the lowest paying winning hand is exactly a pair of Jacks.

Smart players exclusively hunt for a specific paytable known in the industry as "9/6 Jacks or Better."

• Progressive Video Poker machines often feature weaker base paytables to compensate
• Online casinos usually offer the absolute best, highly favorable Video Poker paytables
• Never play a machine where a Flush pays only 5 coins if better options exist

Why You Must Always Bet Max Coins

However, the payout for the absolute rarest hand, the Royal Flush, is heavily, disproportionately weighted toward the massive 5-coin maximum bet.

But if you bet the maximum 5 coins, the Royal Flush payout jumps exponentially to an incredible 4,000 coins (800 to 1).

Playing Like a Video Poker Robot

Professional players memorize complex, rigid strategy charts that rank every possible starting hand from best to worst.

You can legally print a strategy card from the internet and hold it right in front of the machine while you play in the casino.

Study the strategy charts relentlessly, and you will transform from a casual gambler into a formidable, highly profitable casino advantage player.