Video
Poker PayTables
by Gayle Mitchell
This
first lesson explains Video Poker PayTables
or Pay Schedules at
Learn to Play Video Poker program.
Combine
the game of poker with a slot machine and you have the excitement of
Video
Poker.
For
players who are looking for an advantage in the casino, this is the
beginning
of your how-to VP education.
The
lesson includes poker rankings, paytables and descriptions of VP
versions .
We begin our how-to journey with
poker hand rankings in
order from the highest to lowest.
Royal Flush, Straight flush
(consecutive order, all same
suit), Four of a kind, Full house (3 of a kind, and a pair), Flush (all
same
suit, no consecutive order), Straight (consecutive order, not all same
suit),
Three of a kind, Two pair and One pair.
Video
Poker PayTables:
Video Poker
payouts are listed on the paytable at each
machine.
The paytable
shows how much you will win when you hit a certain hand with a single
coin or
any number of coins up to the maximum, which offer the largest payoffs
possible.
If
you bet 5 coins, all winning hands are paid out multiplied by a factor
of 5,
except for the
Royal Flush. This is a bonus amount designed as an incentive to play
five
coins.
All
those players who play less than maximum coins are setting up the best
payoffs
for those
who do.
Below
is an
example of a VP pay schedule for Jacks+ with the value of one-coin and
max
coin
return.
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Pays-Jacks or Better 9/6
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one-coin return
|
max.coin return
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Pair--Jacks or Better
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returns
the bet
|
5 coins
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Two pair (2 PR)
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Pays
2-1
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10 coins
|
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Three-of-a-kind (3/kind)
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pays
3-1
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15 coins
|
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Straight (ST)
|
pays
4-1
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20 coins
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Flush (FL)
|
pays
6-1
|
30 coins
|
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Full house (FH)
|
pays
9-1
|
45 coins
|
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Four-of-a-kind (any)
|
pays
25-1
|
125
coins
|
| Straight
Flush (SF) |
pays
50-1 |
250
coins |
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Royal flush (RF)
|
pays
250-1
|
4000 coins
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Every
VP player should know: 1)
how to read a
paytable/pay schedule and 2) strategies for all the VP types/games.
Descriptions of
Video Poker Paytables:
9/5 Deuces Wild
7/5
Jokers Wild
10/7 Double Bonus--2 pair pays 1
Pick ‘Em
Poker--pair of 9’s+ min. payout
9/6 Jacks+--2 pair pays 2
8/5
Bonus Jacks+--2 pair pays 2, Four Aces pays 400
9/6 Double
Double Bonus--4 Aces with 2, 3 or 4 pays 2000
The first two
numbers
reflect the
payouts for a full house
and flush as per one coin payout.
Therefore, a 10/7 Double
Bonus VP version would pay 10 coins
for a full house and 7 coins for a flush for a one coin bet.
The exception being for
Deuces Wild
version which reflect
the payouts for a straight flush and 4 of a kind as per one coin
payout. The
minimum payout for Deuces games is 3-of-a-kind.
In addition,
because
Bonus VP
versions offer higher payouts
for four aces and four 2’s, 3’s and 4’s, the pair and two pair payouts
are
often the same--1 coin.
Video Poker
versions that
pay 2 for 2 pair are
Jacks+ and Bonus
Jacks+ in the guide above.
May
all your VP
choices turn out to be ‘Royalty’.
Video
Poker PayTables is followed by VP Versions: Bonus Explained
OR
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