Transistion from casino to online

Video poker is actually a descendant from the traditional game of Casino Poker. Whilst it is also a brother of the slot machine, video poker’s earliest version was that of five-card draw, and it was actually early in its history that the two games diverged.

Back in the golden days of the 1890s, a slot maker invented video poker mechanically. The first ‘hold’ button was invented, and the game was born. Since that time, video poker has existed to one extent or another in online slots.

However, with the dawn of the electronics age, casinos re-imagined the game adding all sorts of variety to video poker, no longer was it just five-card draw, but it was a digital game for the digital revolution. Soon after new variations such as Deuces Wild or Jacks or Better became popular, countless more followed in a bid to attract more players.

The new digitized version of casino poker – video poker brought with it a number of options. No longer was it simply a one hand came, you could now play with 5, 10, 20 or even 100 separate hands in multi play games. As the game eventually moved online, there were even auto play versions invented.

Thanks to the transition of casino poker to video poker and the online format, many millions of people now enjoy playing this highly addictive computerized game.

Video poker is a game that is surprisingly all about strategy, and back in the days of five-card draw it was a game that was all about deception. It looked deceivingly simple, but that was all part of the casinos plan to lure in unsuspecting and hapless players.

However, it is also deceivingly simple to develop a good strategy. Even a 16 card strategy, can mean that you have a 99% return. But if you want to beat the house, you need to memorize 20 or 30 opening hands to have the best chance of winning.