Video Poker strategies help you to choose the best cards when playing poker, and most importantly, help you to increase your odds of winning. The goal of video poker is not always to get the best hand possible but to get the best winning hand. Unlike poker games against other players, you do not have to have the best hand at the table. You are playing between you and a pre-determined set of winning hands.

If you have played poker before, you have to get out of the habit of keeping the highest cards (like Aces & Kings). You are better off keeping a single Jack rather than a Ace because the Jack gives you more chances at a straight or straight flush.

Video poker (VP) is one of the very few casino games where it is possible to find a game with a positive expectation. Even with near even odds the casino still makes money at VP because it takes a bit of skill. The strategies use math to calculate the expected return of each hand. The nature of the game means that you can take as long as you want to play.

We recommend the following video poker strategies. You can use these strategies for both land based casinos and internet games.

JACKS OR BETTER STRATEGY (intermediate) VIEW LIST

DEUCES WILD STRATEGY (basic) VIEW LIST

DOUBLE JOKER WILD STRATEGY (basic) VIEW LIST