The goal of the game 10’s or Better is to get a five-card casino poker hand that has a winning combination. The better the hand is that you have, the higher the winning payout is. You, the player, gets to pick with card and how many cards you wish to replace while playing online Video Poker. But you can only replace your cards one time.
How to play online Video Poker:
- Pick the value of the coin you wish to bet for each round of online Video Poker by moving you mouse over the value of the coin and clicking on the + or – buttons that you can find on the right hand side of the screen.
- In order to choose the amount you wish to bet for online Video Poker, click on the Bet One or Bet Max button. For each click on the Bet One button, it will add an additional coin to the bet. By click on the Ben Max, it will up your bet to the maximum amount allowed in online casino Video Poker of 5 coins. After clicking on Bet Max, the cards will be dealt automatically. You can also click on a specific column on the winnings table if you want to specify a specific bet size.
- After choosing the amount you wish to bet for online Video Poker, click on Deal.
- Press the Hold buttons found under each card or click on each card individually in order to choose which card you wish to keep.
- To replace cards that you don’t want in casino Poker, click on Deal and the cards that were not put on Hold will be replaced.
- If your hand didn’t win, the round is over and you can start a new round of online Video Poker again. If you got a winning hand, see bellow.
- The smallest winning hand in casino Poker is a pair of Tens. Any pair of cards lower than this (such as Nines) is not considered a winning hand. Any pair that is higher than a Ten (such as Jacks) is considered a winning hand.
Doubling
When you get a winning had in online Video Poker, there are two options. You can either accept the winning hand by clicking on the Collect button or you can choose to double the bet by clicking the Double button. If you choose to double your bet in a round of casino Poker, the dealer will draw a card face up and you will then be given four additional cards to choose from. If the value of the card you picked is lower than the value of the dealer’s card, you lose your original win. If the value of the two cards is equal, then there is a tie and again you can either press on the Click button or continue to Double your bet. If the value of your card is higher than the value of the dealer’s card, you win double the original win. At this point, you can gain either Collect or continue to Double your bet again.
There is also the Half Double option in online Video Poker in which you can double your bet by only half your winning amount and keep the rest of the winnings in your online casino balance.
The Double window can be moved by clicking on it and dragging it with you computer mouse. When you Double a bet in online Video Poker, it is considered a separate game round and can be viewed as such under Game History. During a round of doubling, the Bet screen will show the amount bet in the doubling round. The Win screen will show the amount you are betting in the current round.
Buttons
- Bet Max: You can bet a total of up to five coins in online Video Poker and the cards will be dealt automatically after.
- Bet One: This allows you to bet one coin or to add the value of one coin in casino Video Poker. After betting one coin, click on the Deal button to get your cards.
- Deal: Gives you a new hand or replaces the cards that you didn’t keep with a new set of cards.
- Hold: Choose the cards that you wish to keep for the round by clicking on them. Click again to release the hold on the card.
- Chat: only available if you are playing in a game with other plays. However, you may answer an online administrator if they initiate a chat.
You can find an online casino toolbar and the bottom edge of the casino Video Poker screen with the following information:
- Current Balance: Shows you how much money you have to play at the online casino.
- Cashier: If you click on this button, a Cashier window will open and allow you to make additional deposits and withdrawals from the online casino.
- Play for Real Money: You will only see this button if you are playing in Fun Mode. If you click on this button, a Real Money account page will open up allowing you login and play for real money.
- Chat: This button starts a chat by activating the black strip on the left of it and changing it into a text box. You can only chat with other players if you are in a multiplayer game.
- Menu: This button has three options.
- History: Will show you the history of your past online game actions.
- Options: Lets you change the game settings.
- Help: Give you the game instructions.
- The online support option gives you the option to talk to an online casino support specialist live if one is currently online while you are playing online Video Poker.
- Close/Lobby: This button will take you back to the online casino Lobby. If you are playing in Multiwindow mode, the button will say Close.
- Paytable: This lets you see what the amount of your current winnings in online casino Video Poker and is based on the assumption that you are betting $1 coins. To see the actual value of what your winnings are, multiply the number you see on the paytable by the value of the coin you are betting.
Shortcut keys
- Tab: Lets you highlight the next button that you see on the online Video Poker screen.
- Enter: This key will allow you to jump to the next button on your casino Video Poker screen.
- Spacebar: This will re-place the last bet you made in the last round of cards.
- Numbers: Holds the cards. By clicking on the number 1, it will hold the left most card, clicking the number 2 will hold the second most card from the left, etc…
- Esc: Will take you out of the online casino Video Poker game.
Things to Note
- If a player wins over $10,000 which is considered to be a large win, he must have his wining verified before being able to make the withdrawal.
- If there is an online Video Poker game malfunction, the game with all its pays and plays are nullified.
- If the internet is disconnected while you play casino Video Poker, reconnect the internet and log back on to be automatically redirected to where you left off.