Bonus poker is a type of video poker that is widely available. In online casinos you will find it in microgaming casinos. In these casinos you will also find a power poker version of the game. You can read more about the power poker version of game further down.
Bonus poker is played with a regular 52 card deck. The game do not feature any wild cards or jokers. The basic rules are the same as in jacks or better and any hand containing a pair of jacks or better is a winning hand. The difference between jacks and better and bonus poker is the pay table that has been modified in Bonus poker.
Bonus poker is a fun type of video poker and full pay bonus poker has a pay rate of 99.17%. This is good compared with many other casino games but is lower than some other types of video poker. The best video poker game to play is usually deuces wild which offers a pay rate of over 100%. In other word the player has an edge against the bank.
If you play in an online microgaming casino you will as earlier mention also find a power poker version of the game. The power poker version of bonus poker allow you to play up to a 100 hands at the same time. Each hand is dealt from a unique deck that has been independently shuffled. The bottom hand is the deciding hand. Whatever action you take with this hand will be duplicated on all hands. This means that you have to try to decide what is best for the majority of hands rather than any single hand . This makes the game more complex and means that you might have to throw away cards on your main hand that you would normally keep. Power poker offer the bank a higher edge than regular bonus poker since it is not possible to play optimally for each hand when you need to take the same action on all hands. Power poker is a lot more exciting and offer more action than regular poker. It is possible to win or lose more money quickly than you can in regular bonus poker video poker.
Bonus poker feature a recommendation function that you can use to get recommendations as what to do. It is also possible to use the auto play function.
Below you will find a number of pay tables for different types of bonus poker. If you find a type of bonus poker that feature a different pay table than those below it will most likely have a lower pay rate. The video poker tables below are of the highest paying common types of bonus poker video poker. The 8/5 number in the beginning of the table titles refers to the payout for full house and flush (Full house/Flush).
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"8/5" Bonus Poker – 99.17% |
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Hand |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
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Royal flush |
800 |
495443136 |
0.000025 |
0.019884 |
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Straight flush |
50 |
2129604264 |
0.000107 |
0.005342 |
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4 aces |
80 |
3903775812 |
0.000196 |
0.015667 |
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4 2-4 |
40 |
10509866328 |
0.000527 |
0.021090 |
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4 5-K |
25 |
32688417336 |
0.001640 |
0.040997 |
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Full house |
8 |
229516869924 |
0.011514 |
0.092114 |
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Flush |
5 |
216873645000 |
0.010880 |
0.054400 |
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Straight |
4 |
223676319912 |
0.011221 |
0.044885 |
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3 of a kind |
3 |
1484391167856 |
0.074468 |
0.223405 |
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Two pair |
2 |
2577523603752 |
0.129308 |
0.258616 |
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Jacks or better |
1 |
4290810981444 |
0.215259 |
0.215259 |
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Nothing |
0 |
10860710822436 |
0.544855 |
0.000000 |
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Total |
19933230517200 |
1.000000 |
0.991660 |
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Bonus Poker – 99.36% |
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Hand |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
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Royal flush |
800 |
428344188 |
0.000021 |
0.017191 |
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Straight flush |
100 |
2621029596 |
0.000131 |
0.013149 |
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4 aces |
200 |
3956770560 |
0.000199 |
0.039700 |
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4 2-4 |
40 |
10422449736 |
0.000523 |
0.020915 |
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4 5-K |
25 |
31443736068 |
0.001577 |
0.039436 |
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Full house |
12 |
222879493836 |
0.011181 |
0.134176 |
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Flush |
8 |
335934882816 |
0.016853 |
0.134824 |
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Straight |
5 |
290185004040 |
0.014558 |
0.072789 |
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3 of a kind |
3 |
1414763666028 |
0.070975 |
0.212925 |
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Two pair |
1 |
2453061903660 |
0.123064 |
0.123064 |
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Jacks or better |
1 |
3696677666676 |
0.185453 |
0.185453 |
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Nothing |
0 |
11470855569996 |
0.575464 |
0.000000 |
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Total |
19933230517200 |
1.000000 |
0.993623 |
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Bonus Poker – 99.07% |
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Hand |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
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Royal flush |
800 |
495440040 |
0.000025 |
0.019884 |
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Straight flush |
50 |
2130622848 |
0.000107 |
0.005344 |
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4 aces |
75 |
3903639588 |
0.000196 |
0.014688 |
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4 2-4 |
40 |
10509864264 |
0.000527 |
0.021090 |
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4 5-K |
25 |
32688394632 |
0.001640 |
0.040997 |
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Full house |
8 |
229515978276 |
0.011514 |
0.092114 |
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Flush |
5 |
216894084792 |
0.010881 |
0.054405 |
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Straight |
4 |
223688679144 |
0.011222 |
0.044888 |
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3 of a kind |
3 |
1484383065624 |
0.074468 |
0.223403 |
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Two pair |
2 |
2577509922528 |
0.129307 |
0.258614 |
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Jacks or better |
1 |
4290680977308 |
0.215253 |
0.215253 |
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Nothing |
0 |
10860829848156 |
0.544860 |
0.000000 |
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Total |
19933230517200 |
1.000000 |
0.990681 |
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