Just as in Video Slots games, Video Poker games offer you the option of betting as few or as many coins as you'd like, up to a particular game's maximum allowed. Many newcomers to Video Poker wonder how many coins they should bet in order to sway the odds in their favor as much as possible. By examining the paytable to the left, you'll clearly see that the payout for a Royal Flush jumps from 1000 coins all the way to 4000 coins when changing your bet by only 1 coin (from betting 4 to betting 5 coins). Considering that the odds of hitting any hand, including a Royal Flush, are not altered by the number of coins wagered, it always pays to bet the max coins in order to offer yourself the highest expected return over the long run. I strongly encourage you to only play Video Poker games that you can afford to wager the max coins at. By betting anything less than the max coins, you're reducing your overall expected return unnecessarily. You'd be better off to find another Video Poker machine that offers small coin denominations than to play at a high roller Video Poker machine where you can only afford to bet 1-4 coins.
