There are around many variants of video poker available. But which one to choose?

Well, that depends. If you are playing video poker online just for the excitement and enjoyment, betting only small amounts, you cannot make wrong choice – you should surf for a while, try some different machines and select those you like the best. You can always find something new and exiting, and if you lose, you won’t lose much. Of course, nobody likes to lose, but some little differences between payouts won’t affect you so much. You can also learn some strategies important for successful gambling, and learn something about every particular variant you want to play on.

The main difference for more serious players is in payout ratios. The average ratio is somewhere around 99%, and the differences between those ratios are very small, even insignificant for someone who is playing for fun only, but even a little difference become significant if you play for large sums of money. For example, it isn’t the same thing if the payout ratio is, say 99,5% or maybe 98.7%. That is the reason why players take good care of all kinds of information about ratios. Moreover, this is only the beginning.

Strategy is very important for such players, and for every variant of video poker they have to develop specific, elaborated strategy, cause video poker is much more sophisticated game then, for example, roulette or slot. When playing roulette, you have to know something about the game, naturally, but it is basically the game of luck, just like slots are. Of course, you will need lots of luck when playing poker, too, but it just isn’t the same. Playing poker, especially the video poker, is something entirely different. It involves decision-making, calculating odds and understanding the game, including all sorts of additional features, bonuses etc.

That’s why some experienced players play only few variants – those they developed successful strategies for. It isn’t easy to calculate all given odds, particularly on the variants offering multiple hands and all kinds of additional stuff. You have to make some comparisons, to include multiple factors in your decisions; in short, you have to be a good player if you want to win some serious money playing video poker.

Some game developers do not display their ratios on every video poker in their offer, but even in cases they do, an experienced player will always check those information. There are lots of Web sites that are offering all kinds of information about not only ratios, but also about all the other important facts about video pokers. The main problem is that different developers offer different numbers for the same product. That’s why you should additionally check their payout charts with the ones displayed.

Here are the average payout ratios for some variant of video poker you can find in RTG and Vegas Technology offer:

• Tens or Better – 99.1%
• Jacks or Better – 99.5%
• Double Bonus Poker – 99.1%
• Deuces and Joker – 98.5%
• Bonus Poker – 99.2%
• All American – 98.5%
• Aces and Eights – 98.7%