The royal flush is the greatest thing that can happen to you while playing poker, online or not. The best possible combination of cards is every poker players’ dream. You have to get ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace in the same suit, and it isn’t easy thing to do. So much sweeter is when it happens.
When you are playing video poker online, it is even better if you bet the maximum coins, and then get the royal flush, because there are some special rules regarding royal flush. To explain it a little better – it isn’t the same thing betting one coin 5 times and betting 5 coins at once, which is a maximum number of coins, when we are talking about the royal flush. It is usually the same thing, when some other combinations are in question, but for the royal flush, we are talking about significantly larger amount for the maximum bets.
Well, considering that things like that don’t happen very often, and the fact that the rule applies only for the maximum number of coins, sometimes isn’t easy to make a decision.
Therefore, should we stick to what we already have or take a risk I order of getting the royal flush?
The following tips that should help you in making such decision are based on the rules for the video poker game known as Jacks or Better. Besides, it’s applicable only for the maximum number of coins bets, and only for them, because the strategy is quite different for the lower bets.
Well, we all heard about the rule of winning hand. If you have cards good enough for winning, you should not risk and discard them hoping to get better ones. Even the low paying winning hand is still a winning hand.
And what if you have a good chance of winning the royal flush, and you did bet five coins? Shouldn’t you go for it?
There are some tips about that. If you have four cards for the royal flush, you should go for it even if the fifth card is good enough to make a flush, straight or paying pair. The odds are pretty good in this case, and you can really win a large amount.
Say you have an Ace to Jack row in hearts and 3H. As you can see, you already have a flush. Even so, you should discard 3H and try to get the royal flush. There are some other situations. If you have a similar situation in cards, for example straight flush from 9H to KH, you shouldn’t break the winning hand, maximum bet or not.
The things are little more difficult when you have three cards to the royal flush. The general rule says you shouldn’t break the winning hand – so, if your cards are good, do not risk them trying to get the royal flush. It is much harder to get two cards for completing the royal flush. However, if they aren’t go for it, why not. For example, if you have a line of three for the royal flush and some other cards aside, making, let’s say one low pair, you should go for the royal flush, because you cannot win anything on low pair when playing Jacks or Better. So. If your cards aren’t very good, you should try, by all means.
The conclusion is that there are some special situations for breaking the golden rule of video poker, the rule of keeping the winning cards. You have to calculate the odds, and if there is some reasonable possibility for getting the desired card, and you did put the maximum number of coins, you should risk your winning hand to get the real prize.