How to Play Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak Video Poker

Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker takes the Ultimate X format and amplifies it. You need to double your normal bet to activate the special feature. If you do, you have a chance at rising multipliers that can keep going up for up to five hands at once.

Video poker undoubtedly ranks as one of the top games a gambler can play in a casino. And one of the many reasons that it’s so beneficial to gamblers is because of how many different types of games there are. You don’t have to get stuck dealing with the same action over and over again.

There are games with special features that allow you more ways to win big. You can score some serious multipliers playing Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. The game requires you to play multiple hands at once. From a single deal, you’ll be playing three, five, or 10 hands at once. You’ll get to experience fast-paced play.

You can also spice up the action in Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker by doubling your bet. Instead of the normal maximum wager of five coins, you’d bet 10 coins per hand. But if you can make that wager, you bring multipliers into play. These multipliers start at 2 times (2x) your winnings and can make it all the way up to 12x.

You’ll earn those multipliers if you can achieve a minimum winning hand after the draw. The multipliers will be applied following the winning hand. And the best part is that the multipliers in Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker will go up for each hand.

The multipliers rise in different increments depending on the starting hand. They can last anywhere from two to five hands from the initial winning hand. You can also max out your multipliers at 12x if you get a winning hand within the streak of multiplier hands.

But you’ll need those multipliers to be a factor now and again because of the size of the bet you have to make. Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker is a game that features many chances for big winnings. On the flip side, you’ll also be prone to streaks where you could lose a significant amount of your bankroll in a very short time.

In the article below, you’ll learn everything you need to know about Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. We’ll explain the basics of video poker then get into how the multiplier streaks work. And we’ll also talk about the different pay table available and how you can maximize your winnings.

Playing Video Poker

Video poker can come in many different styles of play. If you have a background in the basics of the game, you can move on to games such as Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. These games with extra features spice up the action by deviating from the basic format.

But you have to learn the basic format before you can try games like Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. Luckily, video poker isn’t that difficult a game to learn, even if you’re a poker novice. And if you do have a little bit of a poker background, you should learn it in no time.

When you start to play video poker, you’ll learn quickly why so many people love it. It’s an ideal combination of slot machines and table games. You’ll see how it takes the best elements of these two casino staples.

For instance, video poker resembles slot machine play because of how it’s self-contained. It’s just you and the machine, or you and the gambling website. You won’t be bothered by anybody else.

But slot machines don’t give you any chance to influence gameplay. You just spin the reels and hope for a positive outcome. Video poker lets you utilize strategy to help your chances.

Video poker is also governed largely by the probabilities involved in a deck of 52 playing cards. That means you can estimate how often winning hands will show up and you can compare one video poker game to another in terms of expected payback. You can’t do either with slot machines.

In that respect, video poker is a lot like table games. And you’ll find that the payback you can get from the best video poker games is similar to top table games. Video poker payback easily outdistances what you can expect from a slot machine.

You’ll also find that video poker ranks very well in terms of how well it translates to online play. There’s really no difference between playing a top game like Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker in a casino and playing it on one of the top online gambling websites.

As you can tell, there’s a lot to love about video poker. If you’ve never played before, let’s take a look at how you can play a single hand.

Step 1: Establishing a Bankroll

The bankroll refers to the money you put into a video poker machine to begin play. If you’re playing online, you’ll have to create an account to get started. In either case, the bankroll appears on screen as units known as coins or credits.

The value of a coin or credit depends on the denomination of the machine or online game you’ve chosen to play. For example, if you’re playing a 25-cent machine and want to make a five-coin bet, you’ll be wagering $1.25. (5 times .25 = 1.25).

Step 2: Making a Bet

In most video poker games, you get to bet between one and five credits per hand. But Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker ups the ante a bit, allowing you to bet 10 credits as the maximum wager (or max bet). And you’re actually better off making the max bet.

Why? Well, the payback percentage, which is an estimation of how much the game pays back to gamblers, is at its highest in Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker when you make the 10-coin bet.

If you should decide, however, to keep the bet and the one- through five-coin level, you should bet five coins per hand. That wager will put the highest payoff for the royal flush hand within reach.

Step 3: Playing a Hand

Have you ever played the table game known as Five-Card Draw Poker? If you have, you’ll know that you receive a five-card deal, get to discard cards you don’t want, and draw new ones to replace the discarded ones. The goal is to make the best possible hand to beat everyone at the table.

Video poker works the same way in terms of the deal, discard, and draw format. But the key difference is that you don’t have to beat multiple players with your hand. You just have to make one of the winning hands on the pay table you’re playing.

What are those winning hands? Well, wild card video poker games have a different threshold for what constitutes a winning hand. But, since most of the pay tables available on Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker don’t use wild cards, you’ll mostly be looking for the following hands:

• Pair of jacks or better
• Two pair
• Three of a kind
• Straight (five cards of consecutive rank, like 3-4-5-6-7)
• Flush (five cards of same suit)
• Full house (three of a kind and two pair in the same hand)
• Four of a kind
• Straight flush (straight with five cards of same suit)
• Royal flush (ten, jack, queen, king, and ace of the same suit)

The hands at the top are the easiest to achieve. It gets harder to achieve the listed hands as you move down the list. Payback generally rises the harder it is to achieve a hand.

You’ll receive five cards on the screen for your deal. These five cards will come from a simulation of a standard deck of 52. It’s a deck that the software will have in constant shuffle mode, ensuring that you get a completely random result on every deal.

You’ll assess this deal for the possibility of making the winning hands listed above. Sometimes, you’ll get a deal which includes a winning combination. Or you might get a deal without much of anything compared to the hands above.

You’ll decide on holds and discards based on your chances of making a winning hand based on what’s left in the deck. Another factor will be the potential winnings you can get from your possible winning hands. It’s a matter of judging your risk of making the hand against the reward of getting it.

Once you make this decision, you’ll press the buttons corresponding on the cards you wish to hold. The draw will then take place and your hand will be complete. Any winnings will be added to your total.

That’s how to play a single hand of video poker. But when you play Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker, you’ll be playing either three, five, or 10 hands at once. Let’s take a look at how that process works.

Multiple Play

You can only play Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker machines in multiple play mode. Three, five, or 10 hands at once are your options. And you have to make a bet of at least one coin for each of those hands.

As we said above, the most lucrative way to play Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker is to bet 10 coins per hand. That would require the following wagers:

• Three Hands = 30 coins
• Five Hands = 50 coins
• Ten Hands = 100 coins

No matter how many hands of Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker you play, you’ll receive only one deal. You’ll make a decision about what to hold and discard just as if you were playing a single hand. But those decisions will then be played out over the multiple hands.

Draws will take place for as many hands as you’ve wagered. These draws will come from separate decks of the 47 cards left after the deal. Because of the separate decks, it’s not impossible for you to get two or more of the same card (same rank and suit) in different draws.

Let’s see an example. Imagine that you received the following deal in Triple Play Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker:

This is a deal which presents you with several possibilities. You have a pair of fives you could look to beef up on the deal. But that’s just one way you can go.

You could keep the four diamonds that you have to try and get a flush on the draw. Or you can keep just the five, six, and seven of diamonds. That would leave open the possibility of a straight flush.

Let’s say for this example that you decide to go for the flush and discard only the five of hearts. How might the draw play out on the multiple hands? Take a look at one possibility:

With Hand 1, you managed to achieve the flush you were seeking. Hand 2 produced nothing. In Hand 3, you at least paired up your queen, which is a winning combination.

The wins in both Hands 1 and 3 would be added to your totals. The flush would also kick multipliers into gear if you were playing Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker with the extra features enabled by the larger bet. Let’s move on to that aspect of the game.

Multipliers in Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak

Betting 10 coins per hand is the only way to achieve multipliers in Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. If you bet only one through five coins per hand, you’ll essentially be playing straight multiple play.

Let’s assume you do make that bet. What are multipliers? Well, as the name suggests, they multiply the winnings you would normally get. For example, imagine you win a hand that would normally pay off 15 coins. But let’s say that you have a 5x (5 times) multiplier attached to that hand. As a result, your actual winnings would be 75 coins (15 times 5).

The multipliers are attached to the hand after the winning hand in the position where the winning hand was attained. For example, if you only made a winning hand on the bottom of a Triple-Play round of Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker, that’s where the multiplier would be applied. Score wins on all three hands at the minimum level and all three lines will come with multipliers in the next round.

There are three different levels of multipliers on the non-wild card games and two on the wild card games. Basically, the better the hand, the higher the multiplier will go and the longer you’ll have those multipliers.

Let’s take a look at the example for Jacks or Better:

Level 1 Multiplier: Earned After Three of a Kind

Level 2 Multiplier: Earned After Straight or Flush

Level 3 Multiplier: Earned After anything higher than a Flush (Full House, Four of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush)

Here are what those levels look like in terms of the multiplier streaks:

Level 1: Two Hands (2x, 4x)

Level 2: Three Hands (2x, 4x, 8x)

Level 3: Five Hands (2x, 4x, 8x, 10x, 12x)

If you’re in the middle of one streak and manage a qualifying winning hand, the multiplier will rise to 12x for all hands remaining in the current streak.

You can’t earn more multiplier hands than what was earned by the original qualifying hand. For example, imagine that you’re three hands into a five-hand multiplier streak and you manage a full house.

In that case, your streak would still end after two more hands (although those multipliers will both now be 12x). You wouldn’t be earning a sixth, seventh, and eight hand of multipliers in that position. It would max out at the original five.

Let’s take a look at a series of hands to illustrate how this might work. Imagine that you come up with the following:

Line 1: Three of a Kind

Line 2: Full House

Line 3: Three of a Kind

Here’s what the multipliers will look like for the next five hands based on just this original round:

	Hand 1	Hand 2	Hand 3	Hand 4	Hand 5
Line 1	2x	4x	None	None	None
Line 2	2x	4x	8x	10x	12x
Line 3	2x	4x	None	None	None

Now, let’s see that in Hand 1, you come up with three of a kind on Line 3. That will push the multiplier for the remainder of the streak to 12x. The chart now looks like this:

	Hand 1	Hand 2	Hand 3	Hand 4	Hand 5
Line 1	2x	4x	None	None	None
Line 2	2x	4x	8x	10x	12x
Line 3	2x	12x	None	None	None

Now, let’s say that in Hand 2, you manage three of a kind on Lines 1 and 2. Take a look at what that’ll do to the following hands:

	Hand 1	Hand 2	Hand 3	Hand 4	Hand 5
Line 1	2x	4x	2x	4x	None
Line 2	2x	4x	12x	12x	12x
Line 3	2x	12x	None	None	None

You’ll see that in Line 1, a new streak was initiated by the three of a kind. That’s because the qualifying hand occurred at the end of the previous streak, not the middle of it.

Meanwhile in Line 2, you had a winning hand in the middle of the current streak. That means you get to max out the multiplier at 12x for the remainder of the streak.

That gives you a little bit of an idea of how the multipliers work in Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. As you might imagine, a streak of winning deals in multiple play can really send your bankroll through the moon. Think about what the multipliers you would earn with a great deal playing five or even 10 hands at once.

All of this ignores the flip side of the equation, however. First of all, just because you have multipliers, it doesn’t mean you’ll be able to take advantage of them. You need winning hands timed to when the multipliers are there to really make the most of Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker.

When you’re betting 10 coins per hand and only winning as if you were betting five, your bankroll will start to suffer because of it. And this is amplified when you’re playing multiple hands at once.

Basically, you have to decide if you can make the tradeoff when playing Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. There will be the big peaks of significant winning streaks. But you’ll also be dealing with the low valleys of long dry stretches.

Pay Tables for Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak Video Poker

Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker can be laid on top of just about any video poker pay table you can imagine. This is a positive for the game, since you’ll be able to choose just what kind of game you’re comfortable playing.

You can keep it simple with Jacks or Better. Perhaps you like the enhanced payouts for four of a kind hands that come with the Bonus Poker pay tables. Or maybe you like wild card action that you can get from Deuces Wild or Bonus Deuces Wild.

Whatever pay table you choose, try to find the highest-paying, or full-pay ones. The lesser pay tables will hurt your payback percentage, which raises the dreaded house edge. Learn how to spot the hands that are often discounted on lesser pay tables so that you can avoid this problem.

Here are the full-pay tables available in Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker.

Jacks or Better Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Straight flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four of a kind	25	50	75	100	125
Full house	9	18	27	36	45
Flush	5	10	15	20	25
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two pair	2	4	6	8	10
Jacks or better	1	2	3	4	5

Bonus Poker Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Straight flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four of a kind (aces)	80	160	240	320	400
Four of a kind (2s, 3s, 4s)	40	80	120	160	200
Four of a kind (any other)	20	40	60	80	100
Full house	7	14	21	28	35
Flush	5	10	15	20	25
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two pair	2	4	6	8	10
Jacks or better	1	2	3	4	5

Bonus Poker Deluxe Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Straight flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four of a kind	80	160	240	320	400
Full house	8	16	24	32	40
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two pair	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks or better	1	2	3	4	5

Double Bonus Poker Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Straight flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four of a kind (aces)	160	320	480	640	800
Four of a kind (2s, 3s, 4s)	80	160	240	320	400
Four of a kind (any other)	50	100	150	200	250
Full house	9	18	27	36	45
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	5	10	15	20	25
Three of a kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two pair	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks or better	1	2	3	4	5

Double Double Bonus Poker Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Straight flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four aces w/ any 2,3,4	400	800	1200	1600	2000
Four 2s, 3s, 4s w/ any A,2,3,4	160	320	480	640	800
Four aces	160	320	480	640	800
Four 2s, 3s, 4s	80	160	240	320	400
Four 5s through Ks	50	100	150	200	250
Full house	8	16	24	32	40
Flush	5	10	15	20	25
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two pair	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks or better	1	2	3	4	5

Triple Double Bonus Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	200	400	600	800	4000
Straight flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four of a kind – aces 2, 3, 4 kicker	800	1600	2400	3200	4000
Four of a kind – 2s, 3s, or 4s A, 2, 3, or 4 kicker	400	800	1200	1600	2000
Four of a kind – aces 5s – Ks kicker	160	320	480	640	800
Four of a kind – 2s, 3s, or 4s 5s – Ks kicker	80	160	240	320	400
Four of a kind – any other	50	100	150	200	250
Full house	9	18	27	36	45
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a kind	2	4	6	8	10
Two pair	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks or better	1	2	3	4	5

Deuces Wild Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Four deuces	200	400	600	800	1000
Wild royal flush	20	40	60	80	100
Five of a kind	12	24	36	48	60
Straight flush	10	20	30	40	50
Four of a kind	4	8	12	16	20
Full house	4	8	12	16	20
Flush	3	6	9	12	15
Straight	2	4	6	8	10
Three of a kind	1	2	3	4	5

Deuces Wild Bonus Pay Table

Coins/Hands	1 coin	2 coins	3 coins	4 coins	5 coins
Royal flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Four deuces with an Ace	400	800	1200	1600	2000
Four deuces	200	400	600	800	1000
Wild royal flush	25	50	75	100	125
Five aces	80	160	240	320	400
Five 3s, 4s or 5s	40	80	120	160	200
Five 6s through Ks	20	40	60	80	100
Straight flush	10	20	30	40	50
Four of a kind	4	8	12	16	20
Full house	3	6	9	12	15
Flush	3	6	9	12	15
Straight	1	2	3	4	5
Three of a kind	1	2	3	4	5

Strategy for Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak Video Poker

The key for learning strategy for Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker is making sure you’re tailoring that video poker strategy to the pay table you choose. If you’re playing Jacks or Better, you might hold and discard certain cards for a particular deal. Playing the same deal on a Triple Double Bonus pay table might require different choices.

All of this is based on the math. How probable is it that you’ll draw the cards to make a winning hand? And what does that hand pay?

Luckily, learning strategy for Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker won’t really be complicated too much by the extra features. You might play your hands a little more conservatively in the middle of a Bonus Poker streak. After all, you’ll want to cash in on the multipliers while they last.

But, for the most part, you’ll make your decisions as you would if you were playing basic single-hand video poker without any features. That means focusing on the pay table and its specifics.

Even if you know the pay table well, it doesn’t mean you’ll be able to make all of the correct decisions. The probability math can be quite confusing, especially when you’re trying to play hands quickly.

Perfect play, which requires you to make the right mathematical decision for every single deal that you get, might seem impossible. But it’s doable if you get some help.

First, make it easy on yourself by deciding on a main pay table that you want to concentrate on when playing Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. That will cut down on the things that you have to learn. Once you’ve done that, try one of these two methods of video poker instruction.

Video Poker Training Software

Imagine that you’re playing Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker and were faced with a tricky deal. It would be great to have a help deciding which cards you should be holding. That’s what video poker software provides for you.

When you come to one of these tricky plays, the software lets you know the correct choice. You’ll eventually learn all the right plays over a long period of time. Just remember to input the proper pay table so that your instruction is accurate.

Strategy Charts

Strategy charts might do the trick for you a little quicker than video poker training software when it comes to learning strategy for Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker. If you’re good at memorization, you should be able to keep the information in mind when you’re at the casino.

When you see a strategy chart, you’ll compare the cards you have in your hand with the cards listed. Since the chart is ranked based on the value of certain combinations of cards, you’ll know which of your cards are most valuable. You’ll then, in turn, know what to discard.

Pros & Cons of Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak Video Poker

Pros of Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak Video Poker

• Potential for escalating multipliers
• Getting a good deal in multiple play means even more in this format
• Access to most of the top pay tables

Cons of Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak Video Poker

• Pretty expensive game to play
• No guarantee that the multipliers will come in the service of winning hands
• You’ll need a significant bankroll to handle any rough patches

Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak Video Poker Conclusion

Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak video poker puts a premium on winning streaks and hot stretches of video poker. The multipliers you earn in these situations will add up to big earnings in a hurry. It’s worth it to bet the hefty amount when you get on a roll in this game.