Online video poker is the best casino game to play on the computer. The reason for this is because it is essentially a video game anyways, so it translates well onto a computer. When you play online video poker, it feels exactly as if you are playing in a live casino, minus the atmosphere.

Most Online Video Poker games go by the rules "jacks or better." This means that your hand has to have a pair of jacks or higher to win. On online video poker, you are not playing against anyone, so there must be some guidelines for the worst possible hand that still pays off.

Online Video Poker Odds
Not all online video poker games will pay out jacks or better. There are some games that require much higher hands to pay off, but these also give you an advantage to getting a better hand. For example, many online video poker games have wild cards, that help you in making a better hand.

Wild cards vary depending upon the game. One of the most common is "deuces wild," which means that a two can be used as any card you like. The downside of this is that you will usually need three of a kind at any time for your hand to pay off.