25x Play Video Pokerby iSoftBet

Along with some others in the video poker suite at ISB powered casinos this game has the lowest payout for Royal Flush when betting 5 coins of any online video poker machines we have seen at 250:1. This gives an overall 93.6% RTP, or return to player percentage. These hands are quite rare, about once in every 40,000 instances, but simply raising the jackpot to 800:1, as is industry standard, would increase the payout by about 1.3%. Another area the paytable falls short of 'good' is the Full House and Flush area at 7x and 5x respectively. Even raising this area to 9/6 and leaving the horrid jackpot at 250:1 would raise the RTP to 97%.

Players are also cautioned to not use the auto-play function, as the suggested HOLDS are far from optimal. As can be seen from the screen shot the software suggests holding unsuited (as if that matters) Ace and Queen. This suggestion fits no known video poker strategy. Perhaps some players will enjoy using this game as a sort of slots game, and enough analysis of the HOLD suggestions would give an indication of the true RTP. This reviewer's unqualified guess is that the game will pay as well as many slots online.

Realtime Gaming offers players better odds on Jacks or Better Multihand Games of 10 or 52 hands per round. The 10-Hand game is reviewed here with a free play version on the review page.