Video poker: skill versus luck (Part 1)

March 6, 2007

This online gambling informational article will be comparing luck against skill when playing video poker. This is a fascinating online casino game that is poker, but not played with the same strategy even. This casino game is an amalgamation of luck, skill, and well - more luck. When playing this online casino game, luck definitely comes in handy in the original hand you are dealt. Skill advances your scenario by giving you the ability to make the best decisions as to whether you want to hold certain cards or discard them. After that, presuming you do draw a card or cards, luck will come in handy again when it comes time for the new/additional cards to be dealt to you. Well, in a nut shell that is it. But we have much more detail to cover really.

Opening poker hands can be categorized (ranked) 2 different ways really. First, by the probability you will obtain them. Second, b the hand’s projected values or, consistently, the pay backs these hands usually fetch. Outcomes vary from online casino video poker game to another as well as payout schedule for each actual machine. They really depend on aspects such as wild cards, bonuses for special combinations if you get one, and returns for particular poker hands you could end up with. Your basic video poker games at online gambling sites such as the very popular Jacks or Better, usually has returns of 9 for 1 on a hand that ranks as a full house and 6 for 1 on a poker hand containing a flush. This is typical of that game.

Here is a great reference for you: The five best and five worst starting poker hands, ranked by probable value are as follows….

The best 5 hands are:

1.       A completed royal flush.

2.       A completed non royal straight flush.

3.       Four of a kind.

4.       4 card possible royal.

5.       A completed full house.

The 5 worst opening video poker hands are as follows:

1.       A totally unworkable hand (crap) one where you should discard all 5 cards dealt to you.

2.       A 3 card double inside straight.

3.       A hand with one high card.

4.       A hand containing a suited K and 10, Q and 10, or a J and a 10.

5.       A hand with 2 suited high cards

The above hands should give you a feel for the game and the hands that you will most likely receive. Video poker tends to be a bit more complex that regular poker because you are not playing against the skills of the guy facing you. You are playing against a computer really. So, it is important that you understand the difference between the two to be able to put this great online gambling poker game into prospective.

The next section of this online gambling informational article about video poker will cover the 5 most probable and 5 least probable starting hands.

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