The Video Poker Hand Ranking
Here we offer you to familiarize with video poker hand ranking. The hands are described according to the size of payouts. Hence Royal flush has the highest payoffs and High card or One pair (in video poker) provides the worst payoffs. What is more, as we have already said the bigger the payouts are the worse chances of the hand appearing.
Royal Flush
Royal Flush hand is the sequence of the cards of the same suit with the cards of the highest value: ace, king, queen, jack and ten. According to video poker hand ranking this hand is the best hand with has the highest payouts.
Straight Flush
Straight flush hand is the straight of five cards of the same suit though the highest card can be any card not like in royal flush. For example, video poker hand that comprises 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of clubs is called Straight flush.
Four of a Kind
This is the hand that comprises four card of the same value and one of a different rank, for instance, four jacks and two.
Full House
Full House consists of three cards of the same rank and two of a different rank, as two sevens and three eights.
Flush
This hand has any cards of the same suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) without regard to the value of the cards.
Straight
Straight hand is the hand that comprises five cards in sequence with no regard for the suit, for instance 9, 10, jack, queen and king.
Three of a kind
This hand comprises three cards of the same value for instance the hand of three jacks and two other cards with different suit and value.
Two pair
This hand comprises two cards of the same value and two cards of another rank. For example, the hand of two nines and two nines is known as Two pair.
One pair
One pair hand consists of two cards of one value and three different cards, like two fives and three any cards.
High card
High card is the combination of different cards which doesn’t form any of the possible hand combinations. High card hand is used only in ordinary poker game as only in case two or more players obtain these hands the winner is that gambler whose hand contains the highest card. In video poker the player bet against computer so it is impossible to compare the hands of the gamblers and indicate the winner. That is why High card hand is not used in video poker games.