There is more to the online poker craze than just countless
Texas Hold ‘em tournaments and cash games, or
Omaha, Stud, or Razz for that matter. There is another
key component to the online poker craze that gets far
less attention that the other poker games, but brings
in just as much or more money to the online casino gambling
industry and that is VIDEO POKER.
Ask any manager of a brick and mortar casino and he’ll
gladly tell you that his video poker machines bring
in far more revenue to the house than the poker rooms.
All the poker rooms can bring in is a percentage “rake”
of the action. Video poker machines are simply man versus
machine with the odds, of course, built into the house’s
advantage. But before you write of video poker take
heart that many expert players are making a living off
the video poker machines.
Video poker’s popularity starts with the fact
that it is man against machine. A video poker machine
is far less intimidating to a new poker player than
would be a table full of seasoned card sharks. Beyond
that many veteran card players prefer the video poker
machines because they can’t stand people or card
sharks or worse yet, wannabe card sharks either.
Video poker can be played for pennies per hand all
the way up to significant amounts of money per hand.
Either way it offers a player the perfect balance between
a game of chance, a game of strategy and thought, and
a shot at a huge jackpot.
