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Online Video Poker and Slot Tips

In Video Poker a pair of Jacks pays even money. Hold onto the two off suited face cards for the best chance of a winner. When you draw a pair of face cards and three other face cards of the same suit you may decide to hold the three other cards in case you get a royal flush. Don't do it unless the Video Poker machine pays a large progressive bonus. The chance of getting both cards you need is about 1000 to 1 for an 800 to 1 payout on most machines. You'll still get a chance for the Full House or Four Of A Kind if you keep the high pair. If you get four cards that make a Royal Flush, hold them all and try for the fifth card.

In video poker there is a 21% chance of getting a winning hand before you hold any cards. Tactics have to be used if the remaining 79% of hands are to be made into winning hands. The best way to give yourself the greatest edge at videopoker is to take notice of these playing tips.

Don't play at any Video Poker game which gives a payout of less than 9 times your stake for a full house or 6 times your stake for a flush. If for you are playing for a progressive jackpot don't play for less than $2,500 on a 25 cent machine or less than $10,000 on a progressive machine.

Always bet the maximum amount of coins on a progressive machine to get the bonus for royal flushes. If you are a novice play on the lowest level of denomination until your expertise rises.

Take your time to study each hand. As you are playing against a machine no one will intimidate you if your play is too slow.

The jack is the most important card in the deck not the Ace. Holding a jack over a Ace gives more opportunities of wins than holding an Ace would.

There are many poker variations of video poker available all have different paytables needing distinct strategies. It is therefore worth just playing on one or two machines. I recommend playing at Jacks or Better or Deuces Wild.

Play in the free mode until you are confident in your Video Poker skills.

Never keep a kicker with a pair. If you have a pair of fours and a Ace just hold the pair. By holding the Ace you reduce your return by 5%

Never draw four cards if you can draw three to a Royal Flush.

Always keep five-card winning pat hands with one exception if you can draw one card to a royal flush.

Don't break a flush even if you can draw one card to a straight flush unless you are one away from a Royal Flush.

Never break a straight to draw to a straight flush.

Never draw all five cards if you have a Jack or better.

Don't keep a 10 for a four card draw.

With slot machines you have to remember all spins are random. Just as in Land casinos you should realise that the house has no reason for programming the machines to beat you as they could lose their valuable casino licence. To make any real money out of slots you must have bankroll control so that you manage your resources. Know how much you can afford to lose and how much you wish to win. This will certainly make the game of Slots more enjoyable, by not putting all your winning back in by establishing a cut off point you will most likely walk away with a profit.

Say you wish to play a game and you are prepared to lose $20 but you will leave once you have won $10. If you have three goes and you win $15 on your third go you have made $12. Put all the money in your pocket apart from the 2 dollars past the $10 cut off point and play with these. If you hit a big win walk away with that. Whatever happens you have still walked away with $10. This is better than seeing your bankroll plus winnings just fritter away.