Room: PLANET7 - Video Poker

All American video poker is another variation of Jacks or Better and is popular among those players who are fairly advanced in their video poker expertise. However, All American video poker holds its own and has grown in popularity over time, known to cause lines of anxious players waiting their turn on casino floors. Fortunately, now All American video poker can be played online, so no more waiting in line to play.

The main reason for its popularity is its advantageous paytable that pays generously on Flush, Straight, and Full House winning hands and offers larger payouts for hands such as Straight Flushes and Four of a Kind as well. How does this variant get away with such huge payouts? It’s quite simple actually; the All American paytable balances out by offering a reduced payout for Two Pair and a Full House.

Here is a brief look at how specific combinations payout:

• Royal Flush, Three of a Kind, and Jacks or Better – standard payout
• Straight Flush, Straight, and Flush – higher payout
• Full House and Two Pair – lower payout

Aces and Eights, also known as the Dead Man’s Hand, is a popular video poker game that came into the limelight in the late 1800s. This game is based on the story of Wild Bill Hickock, a famous lawman, gunfighter, and legendary gambler who was shot dead while playing poker. It is said that Bill died holding a pair of 8s and a pair of Aces, and thus the name Dead Man’s Hand. The kicker is still unknown to date, but stories have it that it was either a Queen of Diamonds or a Jack.

Today, Aces and Eights is a played with a standard deck of 52 cards. It plays more or less like Jacks or Better with five cards dealt in the first hand. Hold all strong cards for a chance of building a high paying hand when playing.

Aces and Eights differs from most other video poker games in that it offers high payouts on the following hand combinations:

• Four of a Kind – Aces or 8s
• Four of a Kind – Other
• Four of a Kind – 7s

But, the Royal Flush is the highest paying hand in Aces and Eights.