One really interesting and challenging games possible in video capacity is video poker. It comes with really simple rules although they will command the player’s attention. It can be as challenging to play the video version as the real game is. You find fun in you trying to beat an electronic dealer. Different machines will offer you a progressive jackpot too. Every single video poker game available in online casinos is progressive. This basically means that you can possibly play against different other people.

Odds that you are to win are high and a jackpot is usually worth over $200,000. Smaller payouts can also be won and this makes everything really interesting for gamblers. Normal video poker games will allow players to win 1 hand in 2 to 3 rounds.

If you want to play the game a bet is needed. Bet amounts can possible range from around 25 cents to 5 dollars. All depends on played game and the possibility of adding the progressive factor in or not. Next you have to press a button so that cards are drawn. In most cases the same button is used to both draw and deal curds until the wanted cards are received.

For you to play the game there is a need to understand winning combinations. Let us take a quick look at them. There is a need for them to be memorized whenever playing real poker or video poker so that you know what you can expect.

* Jacks or Better – All less than this combination will not win

* Kings or Better – The same as above but the pair must be Aces or Kings

* 2 Pairs

* 3 of a Kind – 3 cards of any suit that come with exactly the same value. Example: 3 fives

* 4 of a Kind – Exactly as 3 of a kind but with 4 cards having the exact same value

* 5 of a Kind – We basically have 4 of a Kind plus one wildcard

* Straight – 5 consecutive card numbers of any suit

* Flush – 5 cards that have the exact same suit and are not consecutive

* Royal Flush – 5 consecutive cards with the exact same suit and with 10 as the lowest card

* Royal Flush – Wild – Exactly as above but with one wild card included as one of the cards making the Royal Flush