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TOP 10 VIDEO POKER VERSIONS

In our continuing series on Video Poker, as with any group of articles, there comes a time for a Top 10 list and that time is now.

You will note that some of the VP versions below have been discussed already with corresponding pay schedules and strategies.

However, all top ten VP games mentioned and more will be covered in future columns.

Top 10 Video Poker

Listed below are the average payback %'s over an extended period of time for several VP versions, listing the top 10 choices in descending order.

These percentages are maintained with maximum coins per hand with 'full-pay' schedule play and perfect strategy.

The real payout will fall below 100% by a degree that matches the quality of the play, and the player.

1) 10/7 Double Bonus Jacks +--2 pair pays 2	101.94%
2) 11/4 or 10/4 Loose Deuces--4 Deuces pays 2500	100.97%
3) 9/5 Deuces Wild	100.76%
4) All American Poker--Straight Flush pays 1000	100.72%
5) 7/5 Jokers Wild-5 of a kind pays 1000	100.64%
6) 10/7 Double Bonus--2 pair pays 1	100.15%
7) Pick 'Em Poker	99.95%
8) 9/6 Jacks+	99.54%
9) 8/5 Bonus Jacks+--2 pair pays 2, Four Aces pays 400	99.17%
10) 9/6 Double Double Bonus--4 Aces with 2, 3 or 4 pays 2000	98.98%

The first two numbers reflect the payouts for a full house and flush as per one coin payout. The exception being for Deuces Wild versions--#2 and #3, which reflect the payouts for a straight flush and 4 of a kind as per one coin payout.

Therefore, a 10/7 bonus version would pay 10 coins for a full house and 7 coins for a flush.

Also, because Bonus VP versions offer higher payouts for four aces and four 2's, 3's and 4's, the pair and two pair payouts are often the same--1 coin rather than 2.

Other paying hands like straights and flushes are reduced too.

Now, I know that the #10 selection DDBonus certainly does not qualify in the top ten payout category with several other VP's boasting better returns. However, the popularity of this version and more importantly, the casino availability was taken into consideration when compiling this list.

But, I do offer up a warning that this DDBonus is not the best VP play.

It bears repeating that these percentages are maintained with maximum coins, full-pay schedules and perfect strategy in play.

The actual payout of any video poker machine is determined not only by its schedule but by how you select discards. Since playing errors can reduce the payout, just sitting down in front of a full pay machine won't help you unless you learn the correct strategies.

And those strategies, my VP playing friends, are revealed here. We will continue discussing Bonus VP versions in the next article. Until we meet again, may all your VP choices turn out to be 'royalty'.

Gayle Mitchell is the author of Casino Gambling Made Easier books, Ebooks, booklets & the Slots Trilogy.

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