ONLINE POKER 

Online Video Poker is too much the same game your used to in the casinos. There are similarities and there are differences.

There are startling similarities between online video poker and casino style, because of course, the video part implies digital, and both mediums are digital. People often make the naive mistake that casino ‘software’ that you download is necessarily different than casino ‘hardware’ that exists in the physical boxes on the casino floor.

...Not so!

The ‘hardware’ in this case is simply made up of integrated chips which have been programmed with software. So the hardware is composed of software, simply as a different representation. In many modern cases there are not even hardware coded chips in the casino floor machines. I’m not the only one to see a windows blue screen of death as I pass a video poker machine on the floor...

The environment on the other hand is extremely different:

Vegas and all land based casinos exist to distract the player into not noticing how much money they have lost. The flashy lights, the loud noises and piped in music, the uniforms, the low cut tops on the cocktail waitresses. Everything exists to make you not think about the fact that your depositing. This truth is universal across each of the games in the casino.

Now picture yourself at home, sitting in your favorite chair, with your favorite drink in your hand. You can pause the game at any time and not lose your machine. You can quit while your ahead and not be faced with walking back through the whole casino to cash out and then back through again to leave, only to be bombarded with more opportunities to lay down your winnings, and bank machines at each exit whispering to you that your not truly broke yet. No clocks on the wall’s, no windows, nothing to even hint to you what time it is...

At home, you have all of the control in the world. Plus a few bonuses you wouldn’t get otherwise. For one, speaking of bonuses, have you ever been comped in Vegas? Chances are the answer is no. On the Internet its different, even if your only playing online video poker, you can get a great sign up bonus. There are thousands of online casinos just wishing for you to sign up with them, and willing to comp you. Other perks of playing from home include a hand count on your cumulative bet total.

Vegas does NOT want you to realize just how much money you’ve put down so far, but many online casinos offer a running total. This gives you a much clearer view of your wins and losses, and better control over your bank roll. When it comes down to it, playing online video poker may be your most intelligent choice.

Play video poker right and you'll be playing what many consider the best game in the casino. With video poker, you get to play at your own pace and you also have the potential for big payoffs. In video poker you do have the control so pick the right machine, play the right way and have fun!