Video Poker Games - Types

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There is a plethora of video poker game variations. Basically there are Jacks or Better video poker, Bonus video poker games and the Wild Card type games like Deuces Wild video poker and Jokers Wild video poker. The Bonus games offer payouts for additional hand types displayed in the payout tables.

For example:

Bonus Video Poker Game - offers additional payouts for Four Aces, Four Deuces, Threes or Fours.

Double Bonus Video Poker Game - has bonus payouts typically for Four Aces, Four deuces, Threes or Fours and Four Fives through Kings.

Double Double Bonus Video Poker - Has bonus payouts typically for Four Aces, Four Aces with a Deuce, Two, Three or Four kicker*, Four Deuces, Threes or Fours with an Ace through Four kicker*, Four Deuces, Threes or Fours and Four Fives through Kings.

Double Double Jackpot Video Poker - Has bonus payouts typically for Four Aces, Four aces with a King, Queen or Jack kicker*, Four Kings, Queens or Jacks with an Ace, King, Queen, Jack kicker and Four Deuces through Tens.

*A Kicker in video poker is the 5th card when you have 4 of a kind, it will affect the payout. e.g. In double double bonus video poker, when you have 4 Aces, deuces, threes or fours, the fifth card must be an Ace, deuce, three or four to receive the bonus payout. In double double jackpot the same applies to 4 Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces, if the kicker is a Jack, Queen, King or Ace.

The Wild Card games such as the popular Deuces Wild have the Deuces (Two's) as the Wild Card. Simply put, If you drew a pair of Seven's and a Deuce, this would be counted as Three Of A Kind. There are also Jokers Wild Games, Seven's Wild and other variations.

Multi-hand/Multi-play - Increasingly popular are the multi-play video poker games (triple play, power poker etc). These are standard video poker game types that allow you to play multiple hands at once, up to 10 hands in some cases.