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Wild Card Online Video Poker Variants

September 20, 2012

Online casino software providers have developed different variants of video poker games so that players are not bored wagering on the same game again and again. These variants have interesting and innovative twists that add excitement for the player. Some common variants involve wild cards that can substitute for any card so as to make the highest poker hand ranking. Microgaming offers a number of such variants in its portfolio. All these online video poker variants are available at Microgaming online casinos like All Slots, Royal Vegas and Roxy Palace.

Joker Poker is played with a 53-card deck. The extra card is a joker. It can be used as any card so as to make the highest poker hand ranking. When a joker is dealt the software automatically decides which card the joker should stand for and makes the payouts accordingly. Because the presence of a joker in the deck offers an advantage to the player, the hand rankings in the payout table begin with kings or better, instead of jacks of better. Kings or better pays one coin per coin wagered. The highest payout for natural royal flush is 750 coins per coin wagered with a jackpot payout of 5,000 coins if the player has wagered five coins.

A very similar online video poker variant at Microgaming online casinos is Double Joker. This game is played with a 54-card deck, both the extra cards being jokers. This offers even a greater advantage to the player than Joker Poker and therefore the payout table begins with two pairs. Because of two wild cards the probability of forming the higher ranked hands increases and therefore payouts are generally lower than in Joker Poker. In Double Joker two pairs pays one coin per coin wagered. The highest payout for natural royal flush is 500 coins per coin wagered with a jackpot payout of 4,000 coins if the player has wagered five coins.

Microgaming Deuces Wild has all the twos in the deck acting as wild cards whenever the need arises. With four wild cards in the deck the advantage is increased even further. Therefore the payout table begins with three of a kind. In Deuces Wild three of a kind pays one coin per coin wagered. The highest payout for natural royal flush is 250 coins per coin wagered with a jackpot payout of 4,000 coins if the player has wagered five coins.

Microgaming offers a similar online video poker variant titled Bonus Deuces Wild. This is also played with the four deuces as wilds, but is more volatile. The payouts for the higher ranked hands that occur less frequently have been increased significantly and the payouts for the lower ranked hands that occur more frequently have been decreased marginally. The payout for natural royal flush is increased to 800 coins per coin wagered with a jackpot payout of 5,000 coins if the player has wagered five coins. The payout for straight in Bonus Deuces Wild is decreased to one coin per coin wagered from two coins per coin wagered in Deuces Wild.

The final wild card online video poker variant at Microgaming online casinos is Deuces and Joker Poker. This game has five wild cards, the four twos and the joker. A super jackpot of 10,000 coins is available for drawing four deuces and a joker when the player has wagered five coins.

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