Playing Online Video Poker at Royal Vegas Canada
Video Poker at Royal Vegas Online Casino is an online casino game that is based on 5-card draw poker and simulates the way you would play this 5-card draw poker at a land-based casino realistically.
How do I start?
Place your bet and press the Deal button to draw cards. You have the option of exchanging one or more of your cards for a new one from the deck. Your hand will then be evaluated and you will receive your winnings according to the payout schedule.
The History of Video Poker
This kind of poker was popularized in the 1970’s when it became viable to manufacture console-like computers with television monitors. The big advantage of Video Poker is that you can play at your own pace, whenever you want, without needing other players or a Dealer.
Types of video poker
Types of video poker available at Royal Vegas Canada are:
- All American
- Jacks or Better
- Deuces Wild
- Bonus Poker
- Double Bonus
- Double Double Bonus
Video Poker Strategies- The Basics
Learn the basic rules of poker and then practice as much as you can. There are hundreds of different strategies to learn about, but practice will help you to learn exactly which strategy suits you.
Video Poker Hands
These include (in the order of most valuable hands to least valuable hands):
- Royal flush: Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace in the same suit (this can lead to winning a massive jackpot)
- Straight flush: 5 cards of the same suit in numerical order
- Four of a kind: 4 cards of the same rank
- Full house: 3 cards of the same rank and 2 different cards of the same rank
- Flush: 5 cards of the same suit
- Straight: 5 cards of different suits in numerical order
- Three of a kind: 3 cards of the same rank
- Two pairs: 2 cards of the same rank and 2 different cards of the same rank
- Single pair: 2 cards of the same rank
