All About Poker and Video Poker

What do you know about poker? It is the most popular card game which involves players’ skills and game knowledge to be played, though it has also variations which are good for beginners. Today millions of players all over the world enjoy poker, and since it become one of the sports events, it is allowed to play poker even in the countries where gambling is prohibited.

Poker Variations

You will find great number of different poker games, and though they all share some of the common features, the rules, and very often game running are absolutely different. Probably the one thing which unites all of the games is types of the hands used. There are following hands in all poker games:

• Royal Flush
• Straight Flush
• Four of a Kind
• Full House
• Flush
• Straight
• Three of a Kind
• Two Pairs
• Pair
• High Card

All of them are met in poker, though some games, especially those which have wild cards, have some other hands as well. Just check the rules and you will see.

Poker now is one of the games played not only at the traditional poker tables, but also at the special machines, called video poker.

Video Poker

Video poker is one of the best mixed games which can be found not only at casinos, but also in other gaming fields. It has traces of two popular games – slots and poker, and in this way it attracts fans of both this games. As the game is played at stand alone machine, it will be great for those who like to play alone, with no other people staring at him. Besides, the rules are not so complicated as in regular poker games, you may forget about all the bluffing and keeping a poker face. You may just sit and enjoy pushing a button like you are playing slot machine, though you should take some decisions there which may influence the outcome of the game.

Video Poker Variations

As video poker is very interesting game to play, it is quite obvious that it has got lots of fans around the world and even developed some of the game variations. You will find lots of them, including:

• Jack or Better
• Bally's All American
• Tens or Better
• Deuces Wild
• Bonus Poker
• Double Bonus
• Double Double Bonus

Start to play video poker now, and you will see how great this game is!