Bonus With Video Poker Games

If you are considering playing the bonus video poker machines, you may be shocked to know I do not recommend them. When I first saw them I thought they were going to be the place that I hit it big. Of course, I soon realized that picking a bonus machine is as hard if not harder than a traditional video poker machine. The simple fact is, if you’re hoping to take anything home from your machine time then you need to put a little thought into the machine you choose whether it’s a bonus machine or not. The most important thing to look for is payout. More specifically, you are going to want to know the payout for the full house and flush hands.

Based on the payouts for these hands you can assume the machines payout percentage. If it is not high, enough you obviously are not going to want to bother. If you find a machine such as 8/5 bonus poker then you will do okay. In this example you will receive eight coins for a full house and five for a flush. These machines will payout slightly less than the jacks or better machines but there are some reasons to look for them. These bonus machines pay off high when you manage a four of a kind hand. In fact, you can manage to pull off 80 coins for a hand with four Aces. This offers you a good payout over the long run in comparison to some of the other traditional video poker machines. If you see the 7/5 Bonus Poker or the 6/5 Bonus Poker machines you are going to want to avoid them. These machines generally cost about $25 more to play.

You will have to pay this rate each hour you play as opposed to the price you will pay to play regular machines. As you may have guessed this is not going to equal a great return. You would be better off playing the traditional machines at that rate because your chances of winning would be better and it would cost less to play them. Another alternative in the bonus video poker world is double bonus poker. This pays twice the amount on the four-of-a-kind hand as opposed to regular bonus poker. However, this does not offer great payouts in any other respect. Unfortunately, in double bonus poker the two pair payout is not the normal payout. It is half that. This does not leave players a whole lot to win unless you are managing to get multiple four-of-a-kinds. Of course, with four-of-a-kind, you will not hit it enough to make it worth your while. If you do play the double bonus poker machines look out for the 10/7 machines because these will offer you the best possible returns.

Finally, you can play double bonus poker. This is one of the most popular of the bonus video poker choices. These machines are close to the 9/5 general bonus poker machines. The reason these machines are growing in popularity has to do with the high bonus options that come with a set of four Aces. However, if you want to do well at this game you might want to leave it behind altogether. These machines return only about 3-5% of the time and that will not be enough to make it worth a person's while. Overall, if you want to have a good time and are not concerned with winning it will not matter what you are playing. However, if you are hoping to win something from your playtime you might want to stick to the common and reliable basic video poker machines.