Video Poker Strats?

[KiXxnTRiXx]

So i am liking this new addition to stake games! I have always enjoyed playing jacks or better on vlts at local pubs, which i dont frequent anymore these days.. Anyways, was just wondering for anyone who has had some good luck playing this so far, have you found a good strategy for small to medium size balance?.. Im still working out on how to balance control and make profit, just a bit different from what i am use to, since the vlt version has the double or nothing option for every win.. xD.. would love to hear your thoughts on this and your play style if youre willing to share it of course..

thanks in advance!

[Cheetos1337]

I'm having a hard time with video poker. Getting 2 pairs or better seems impossible for me so I'd say try to get three of a kinds and up your bet by 75% or so. Although like I said winning in this game is as hard as hitting 1000x on Plinko for me

[irawk0]

My strategy is to just hold pairs or 3 of a kind and re-deal the rest of the cards. If I don't have any pairs, hold anything Jack+ and hope for the best, but it'll usually be a bust. I'm very very noob at video poker though.

Oh yeah, martingaling of course. It'll never work in the long run which is why I've only bet with Doge so far.

[KiXxnTRiXx]

1 hour ago, irawk0 said:

My strategy is to just hold pairs or 3 of a kind and re-deal the rest of the cards. If I don't have any pairs, hold anything Jack+ and hope for the best, but it'll usually be a bust. I'm very very noob at video poker though.

Oh yeah, martingaling of course. It'll never work in the long run which is why I've only bet with Doge so far.

Yeah thats my basic strategy as well, but sometimes will make odd holds to create a straigh or flush, that sometimes hits the mark.. Im more so curious on the style lf betting and how to get better balance control while making profit.. as i mnetioned, from playing vlt, i never had to change my base bet because for every win, you get the option of playing double or nothing (multiple times till you bust it).. but since this version does not come with that, betting straight up bet just doesnt seem a good idea.. since it will just eventually bust, even martingale could be a dangerous strat as well.. *shrugs*

[jualid]

My strategy is always hold the pair cards and if no pair cards in the initial hand, i will hold J,Q,K,A card because at least you still get a chance to get push.

[coeghacked]

22 minutes ago, jualid said:

My strategy is always hold the pair cards and if no pair cards in the initial hand, i will hold J,Q,K,A card because at least you still get a chance to get push.

 

Did you use the free roll before looking for the card you mentioned? I'm learning a little more about this video poker, thank you for giving me the strategy in your comment

[williamshennie9]

For me, the odds really don't justify the payouts (probably because I don't yet understand the game fully). It seems so difficult to get 2 pairs, and then when you do, you only get 2x. I'm gonna stay away until I learn more info about it

[jualid]

28 minutes ago, coeghacked said:

 

Did you use the free roll before looking for the card you mentioned? I'm learning a little more about this video poker, thank you for giving me the strategy in your comment

Nope, just directly using my coins without preroll. I'm also new about this new game video poker . Let's sharing strategy with each other 👍

[nuuuitsjdragon]

3 hours ago, KiXxnTRiXx said:

So i am liking this new addition to stake games! I have always enjoyed playing jacks or better on vlts at local pubs, which i dont frequent anymore these days.. Anyways, was just wondering for anyone who has had some good luck playing this so far, have you found a good strategy for small to medium size balance?.. Im still working out on how to balance control and make profit, just a bit different from what i am use to, since the vlt version has the double or nothing option for every win.. xD.. would love to hear your thoughts on this and your play style if youre willing to share it of course..

thanks in advance!

There is a optimum way to play Video Poker & if apparently if you employ that strategy (wizard of odds has good references on their site) it brings down the odds to quite a good 99.54%! 

Its a fun game though, I personally enjoy playing it but definitely needs a bigger balance though!

[KiXxnTRiXx]

lol cmon guys! strategy  on betting is what i was and have been reffering to!.. the strategy in choosing which card to hold and what would be more ideal keep than the usual choices is covered!.. ive played a lot of this game before here at stake, so i am familiar with the routine.,  .. what i was curious about, is the betting style, how to have a good balance control and profit.. so that a player, like myself who were used to just flat bet and hit double every win, could learn a different style of betting.. since flat betting, as i also mentioned, does not work pretty well without the doubling feature.. unless you hit the high payouts.. balance is surely to bust, must like in everygame., xD...

and sorry, if that came out as being ungrateful!,, i am very grateful for any comments made thus far.. just not what i was hoping for xD,, cheers and thanks!

[ekzxc]

I dunno maybe hold for the high cards if you have them? That works for me, rather than holding a pair of low card.

[FotisNt]

Well, since its a new game, it might take a lot of time for each person to find their own strategy which will be comparative with their balance.

[Kate]

The game is kind of hard to follow now and in my min i have jusy one strategy that is to Just hold the right cards ( high number ) and hope for the highest multiplier.

[KharmaBetz]

17 hours ago, Kate said:

The game is kind of hard to follow now and in my min i have jusy one strategy that is to Just hold the right cards ( high number ) and hope for the highest multiplier.

Don't forget that it's not all about the highest numbers, all you need is 1 pair of jacks or better to win, and if you already have a pair of Jacks or better in the hand, ANY other pair would count as Two Pair. Example: 'J, J, 4, 6, 4' - Two Pair)

Also you can build a Full House with any hand that has 1 pair and a 3 card run.  The pair, in this case, does NOT need to be of Jacks or better, you can make a Full House with a pair of 2s too.  Example: '2, 4, 2, 4, 4' - Full House

Instead of focusing on pairs though, my advice to players and the strategy I use is to always try and hold cards that could build a hand for making a Straight or Flush, or Straight Flush...  


A Straight is simply any 5 cards whose values are consecutive (the order they appear in your hand doesn't matter) Example: '3, 6, 5, 4, 7' - Straight.

Flush in my opinion can be one of the easier hands to get.  A flush is just any 5 cards of the same suit, doesn't matter if they are low or high cards, doesn't matter the order as long as they are all Hearts or all Clubs etc..  I usually try to build a flush if my odds for a straight are unlikely.

With that said, obviously, a Straight Flush is when you are lucky enough to roll a Straight in the same suit.

The best hand of all is the Royal Flush 👑. That is a '10, J, Q, K and A' all of the same suit.

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Some random tidbits for those who are totally lost and new to this variation of poker;
You can decide to not hold any cards at all and draw all 5 new cards but then you are stuck with whatever you get as your hand.
Of course, you can also hold all 5 cards, so if you are lucky enough to have a great hand dealt out on the first deal, have no fear you do not need to discard anything, just hold them all and select deal again, but nothing new will be dealt but it will end the round.

There is a neat thing with Aces here:
Aces are high pairs, so if you have just 1 pair of aces in your hand it would qualify as Jacks or better.
You can use an Ace as a low OR high card for straights. Example: 'A, 3, 2, 4, 5' - Straight low Ace. ' J, 10, Q, K, A' - Straight, high Ace.

I hope some of these tips will help those of you who have never played poker before start to understand the game and aim for those high multipliers!  It will also open the door to many other poker variations that you might find on other sites, and you may even be confident enough to try a Texas Hold Em' tournament one day somewhere!

Whatever you do, I wish luck be with you   Good games and happy playing everyone!

[skillex]

Me too I found it hard to hunt or hit the timing of royal flush or even the four of a pair in hunting giveaway. I'll keep on prerolling still hoping maybe soon I can hit and get its pattern.

[polor12]

If you played 5 card poker in RL.. you know what is highest percentage of what you after the exchange.. example.. 5678K...most likely exchange the k because getting 4 or 9 seems to be a higher chance in getting.. I keep the k exchange 4 cards.. because there is a higher chance in getting a Jack or higher pair card then getting a 4 or 9..4x4 9x4.. 8 cards.. A4 J4 Q4 K3.. 15.. since i got 1 king already.. thats one way i usually play.. even though is a lower pay out.. is more then 0...

[KharmaBetz]

I've not yet hit Royal Flush or 4-of-a-kind.
 

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What surprises me the most though is I didn't get the Full House yet either and I have tried for it very many times already having 2 pairs held, so I have a good chance only needing to make ine of the pairs into a 3-pair, but never happened yet! Two-pair is a good multiplier still though.
I'm used to getting Full House so easily when I used to play Video Poker on those little hand held versions xD  Who knows though those video game version are probably not PF though. 

Just random Poll:  If you have something like '4, 6, 4, K, 3' 
Do you guys keep the pair of 4 and hope to make 3 of a kind (or a different pair for Two pair), keep the King and hope for a pair or do you do something else? And how do you decide?
I'm just curious.

[Xantys]

Obviously you will hold cards favouring a winning combination. As to money management I would suggest using flat bet or very slow progression.