Wheel Poker With Quick Quads Video Poker

Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker gives you the opportunity to add not one but two twists on basic gameplay. You can get Quick Quads action, which allows you to use the sum of card ranks to turn a three of a kind into four of a kind. And you can also spin a bonus wheel every time you achieve four of a kind hands.

You might know video poker in its most common form. This game, also known as Jacks or Better, is a simulated copy of Five Card Draw Poker. This version of the game allows you to try and make the best hand you can out of a deal and a draw from the same deck of 52 cards. Instead of trying to beat a bunch of players, all you have to do is make one of the winning hands on the machine’s pay table.

Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker ups the ante by actually allowing you to add two extra features at once. You can find Wheel Poker games in casinos or on top gambling websites. And you can also locate Quick Quads games as well.

For Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker, you can enjoy both of these twists. In fact, these two games complement each other well. Quick Quads allow you to turn three of a kind into four of a kind if the two unmatched cards in the final hand add up to the rank of the three matched cards.

The Wheel Poker part of the game allows you to spin a bonus wheel if you get four of a kind. As a result, you can win extra coins on top of the significant payoff for the quads.

Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker also lets you choose from many of the most popular pay tables in video poker. You can play three or five hands at a time, since the game is available in multiple play mode.

For those just learning video poker online, Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker may seem a bit too complex at first. In addition, to play the game with the highest available payback, you need to activate both extra features. That means a seven-coin bet each deal, which can be a little too expensive for casual players.

Yet if you make that leap with Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker, the rewards can be impressive. When you manage to work your way into a four of a kind hand, the winnings can really be jacked up by the spinning wheel.

In the following article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker. We’ll explain basic video poker to you and bring you up to speed with how the twists to the game work. Finally, we’ll talk a little bit about pay tables and strategy for this exciting version of video poker as well.

Playing Basic Video Poker

Video poker stands as one of the best games you can play in casinos or online gambling sites. You can learn to play in a heartbeat even if you’re coming in as a complete poker novice. And once you learn to play, you’ll start to understand why video poker players love the game so much.

Video poker resembles slot machines in that it is a one-person experience. But it allows you to control your gameplay and have an impact on winning and losing with the strategy you employ. It also informs those decisions by the fact that probabilities are in play, something that isn’t the case with slot machines.

In those ways, slot machines resemble table games. But table games take place in a high-pressure environment, one where you have to know exactly what you’re doing. Video poker lets you play in a relaxed manner at your own pace.

With video poker, you also get the benefit of playing a game with excellent payback on the average. In fact, it is much better than the average payback of slot machines. And it stays close in that respect to the best table games as well.

As one final advantage, video poker makes for a perfect game to play online. There is practically no difference between the experience of playing the game at a gambling website and playing it in a casino. Let’s work on the basics first, then we’ll talk about the specifics of Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker.

Step 1: Create a Bankroll

The bankroll is the term for the money you’ll be using to fund your gameplay. You insert the money into the machine to create this bankroll. If you’re playing online, you’ll need to create an account for the website you’re using.

Video poker bankrolls are expressed on the screen in terms of credits or coins. Each credit or coin equals one unit of whatever denomination you’re playing. Denominations can run from small amounts like a nickel to bigger ones like a dollar.

Divide the amount you put into your bankroll by the denomination to see how many credits you’ll have. For example, $20 in a 25-cent machine will give you 80 credits (20 divided by .25).

Step 2: Make a Bet

Your bet when playing Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker will range anywhere from one to seven credits. Most video poker games give you the chance to bet between one and five. This version of the game, however, allows you to bet an extra coin apiece for each special feature.

As we’ll explain, betting seven coins per hand allows you to maximize your potential payback in Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker. If you choose to play the game without extra twists, you should at least try to bet five credits per hand. That will give you the highest ratio of payback for the royal flush, which is the highest-paying hand in the game.

Step 3: Play a Hand

When you make your bet, you will receive five cards on the screen. These cards will come from a simulated 52-card deck which contains the same cards as if you were playing with a regulation deck at home. Each deal (and draw) will be completely random and will have no connection to any hand played before on that particular video poker machine.

The goal is to make one of the winning hands on the pay table. There are some pay tables in video poker which feature slightly different winning hands than others. But for the most part, Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker sticks to the following winning 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)

These hands are listed in order from the ones that are achieved the most during video poker play at the top to the ones that show up the least at the bottom. For the most part, as you move from top to bottom, the payback gets higher. The only deviation is with the four of a kind, which is easier to achieve than the straight flush but generally pays more in Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker.

When you receive your five cards, you’ll assess them to see if you have any winning combinations. If you do and you don’t think you can do any better, you can hold all five cards.

But you’ll most likely need to make changes in your hand via the draw. On the draw, you get the chance to discard your unwanted cards for others that come from the same deck that provided your deal. You cannot get back the cards you discarded on the draw.

You will make decisions based on the chance of making certain winning hands. In addition, you have to decide when it is worth it to take a chance on a winning hand that might be hard to achieve, even on the draw. After all, the hands that are hard to achieve pay the most.

You can continue playing video poker in this manner as long as you have credits in the machine by simply redoing steps two and three over and over again. Or you can cash out at any time as well.

That’s basically how video poker works at its most basic level. Now, it’s time to dive into some of the unique features of Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker.

Multiple Play

Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker machines offer multiple play only. You can choose to play either three or five hands at a time.

Keep in mind that you must bet for each hand that you play. If, for example, you wanted to play five hands of Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker at a time at the max bet level of seven coins, you’d need 35 coins per deal (5 times 7).

When you play multiple play, you will receive only one deal. But the decisions that you make for that deal will be played out over with the different hands you’re playing.

For example, imagine that you receive the following deal in Triple Play Mode.

Since you don’t have much in this deal except the pair of fours, you decide you want to drop the other three cards. You will thus have the four of clubs and four of hearts as your starting point for each draw.

1. Four of Clubs, Four of Hearts, Three of Diamonds, Three of Clubs, Eight of Spades
2. Four of Clubs, Four of Hearts, Ace of Clubs, Queen of Diamonds, Ten of Spades
3. Four of Clubs, Four of Hearts, Four of Diamonds, Seven of Hearts, Ten of Spades

You made two pair in the first hand and you made three of a kind in hand 3. Hand 2 is a loser. As a result, you will get paid for hands 1 and 3 based on your bet and the pay table you’re using.

Note that you received the ten of spades on the draw in both hands 2 and 3. That can happen in multiple play video poker, because the draw will come from three separate decks containing the 47 cards remaining after your deal.

Multiple play mode really benefits you when you get a good or great deal. You get to build off that deal for multiple hands instead of just one.

Quick Quads

The Quick Quads part of Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker comes into play when you have three of a kind after the draw. You’ll be looking at the two unmatched cards to see what the sum of their ranks are.

By rank, we mean the number of the card, such as two through ten. An ace will count as one for these purposes. Although the jack, queen, and king technically have ranks, you cannot make a Quick Quad with them.

If the sum of the two unmatched cards equals the rank of the cards that make up the three of a kind, you get to do the adding and make it four of a kind. Let’s take a look at an example.

You have three nines. Meanwhile, adding up the four and the five gives you a sum of nine. Therefore, that hand is considered to be four of a kind for the purposes of Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker.

Take a look at another one:

Remember that we told you that the rank of the ace in Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker is one. One added to two gives you three. That technically gives you four threes in this hand.

To activate the Quick Quads version of the game without the Wheel Poker part of the game, you would bet six coins per hand. (By the way, betting one through five coins would allow you to play the game without either feature.)

Wheel Poker

To play Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker with the bonus wheel activated, you must make the maximum bet of seven coins per hand. That means you get to use the Quick Quads feature as well when you have the chance.

When you’ve made the seven-coin wager, you will have the chance for a bonus “spin” of a simulated wheel on the screen. You can do this if you manage to get a four of a kind hand on the draw. That includes any four of a kind hand naturally or any that you get using the Quick Quads adding method we described above.

The bonus wheel on Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker contains 11 wedges. Each wedge contains a specific amount of bonus coins that will be added to your winnings if you land on it. Those values, from lowest to highest, are:

• 50
• 60
• 80
• 100
• 125
• 150
• 200
• 250
• 500
• 1000
• 2000

Wherever your spin lands, you will win that amount. Even though it appears that each wedge is the same size, your chances of landing on a given wedge are not equal.

In actuality, the wheel is “weighted” in favor of some of the lower amounts. For example, your chance of hitting the 2000 coins wedge on a given spin are less than one in 160. By contrast, your chance of hitting the 60 coins wedge is better than one in seven.

Still, the extra coins are a lucrative bonus. Don’t forget they will come in the wake of a four of a kind hand, which already pays quite well on a Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker. That’s why your strategy will be aimed toward achieving a four of a kind if at all possible.

Pay Tables

Wheel Poker with Quick Quads features many different video poker pay tables from which to choose at the start of gameplay. You can play some of the more conservative games like Jacks or Better. Or you can select one of the Bonus Poker games that really pumps up the payment for certain rare hands at the expense of common hands.

One thing that you’ll notice from these pay tables is that the four of a kind hands generally pay out a little bit more than some of the more common versions of the pay tables. For example, most basic Jacks or Better pay tables pay off at 25 to 1. In the version of Jacks or Better found on Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker, it pays off at 47.2 to 1, almost double the amount of the common game.

This gives you another reason to search for those four of a kind hands, whether the natural kind or the ones achieved with Quick Quads. Not only do you get these enhanced payouts, but you also get the chance for the Wheel bonus on top of that with the maximum bet.

Speaking of the maximum bet, that brings up one other point that you need to understand about Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker. You’ll notice there’s no extra payout for six or seven coins wagered, even though you have the opportunity to go that high with your bet.

Those one or two extra coins act almost like the fee that you have to pay to bring the extra features into play. But your payout, whether you bet six or seven coins, will be based on a five-coin wager.

Let’s take a look at some of the pay tables available on Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker machines. Keep in mind that these are the full-pay versions of the game and will bring back the most in terms of payback. Any other pay tables that you find might discount some of the winning hands’ payback, which will lower your payback percentage in turn.

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
4 of a Kind	25	50	75	100	125
Full House	9	18	27	36	45
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
3 of a Kind	3	6	9	12	15
2 Pairs	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)	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	8	16	24	32	40
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	5	10	15	20	25
Three of a Kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two Pairs	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks of 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)	55	110	165	210	265
Full House	9	18	27	36	45
Flush	7	14	21	28	35
Straight	5	10	15	20	25
Three of a Kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two Pairs	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks of Better	1	2	3	4	5

Double Double Bonus Poker Pay Table

Hand/Coins	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	460	640	800
Four Aces	160	320	460	640	800
Four 2s, 3s, 4s	80	160	240	320	400
Four 5s-Ks	50	100	150	200	250
Full Hhouse	9	18	27	36	45
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
Pair of Jacks +	1	2	3	4	5

Triple Double Bonus Poker Pay Table

Hand/Coins	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	800	1600	2400	3200	4000
Four 2s, 3s, 4s w/ any A,2,3,4	400	800	1200	1600	200
Four Aces w/ 5-Ks	200	400	600	800	1000
Four 2s, 3s, 4s	80	160	240	320	400
Four 5s-Ks	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	3	6	9	12	15
Two Pair	1	2	3	4	5
Pair of Jacks +	1	2	3	4	5

Payback Percentage

When you intend to play video poker at a serious level, including Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker, you should always try to find machines or online games that offer a payback percentage of 99% or more. This means that, over the long haul playing the game, you can expect to return about 99% or more of your original bankroll. It also means that, over time, your losses playing the game will be 1% or less.

When the payback percentage is that high, you can make up for some of your losses through casino rewards or bonuses offered by top gambling websites. Once you drop below 99%, you will be hard pressed to expect any type of significant winnings from the game.

Payback percentage won’t matter as much to you if you are a casual player. That means you probably won’t spend a lot of time playing the game. Luck will have more of an impact on your outcome with that small sample size than anything else.

But the more and more you play, the more the probabilities of poker will dictate what your results will be. Luck evens out over time.

In the case of the pay tables listed above for Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker, all of them, with the exception of Triple Double Bonus, come in above the 99% threshold. Triple Double Poker falls a little short at about 98.6%.

Just keep in mind that you might not be able to find these pay tables on the Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker machine near you. And that means that you could end up below 99% even if the pay tables are similar to Jacks or Better, Double Bonus, etc.

You also have to realize that some gamblers might be in search of quick, significant payouts in a hurry more than grinding out small winnings. If you’re one of those people, Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker should suit you well. The ability to make more quads, the enhanced payouts for those quads, and the bonus spins on top of the quads can provide a jackpot-style payoff in a hurry.

Learning Strategy for Wheel Poker With Quick Quads

Playing a video poker game of any kind with perfect strategy means you are making the right decision every time you play a hand in terms of what to hold and what to discard. If you do this, you can match the payback percentage listed for the machine. But if you fall short consistently, your payback will suffer as a result.

When we talk about the right decision, we mean the one that gives the deal its maximum expected value. Only one combination of holds and discards will do this for each deal. Your goal is to learn that for each and every combination of cards you might get.

Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker complicates matters a bit with the Quick Quads part of the equation. For example, take a look at this deal:

If you were playing regular video poker, your best play would be to hold on to the pair of tens and discard the other three. You could possibly draw to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind with the three cards you receive as replacements.

But if you were playing Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker and had bet at least six coins, you would need to consider keeping everything but the ace. Why? Because the two and the eight add up to ten.

That means you would essentially have three tens heading into the draw. If you were lucky enough to draw a ten with your final card, you would have your four of a kind and all of the good stuff that goes with it.

Of course, the drawback to that strategy is that, if you don’t draw a ten, you have no way of winning that hand unless you match the two or eight for two pair. Remember that the adding of the sums only comes into play if you already have three of a kind. Adding two ranks can’t give you three of a kind on the final draw.

All of this has to go through your mind when you play Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker. On top of that, you have to know the right play for all other deals you might receive. That might seem like an impossible task.

But that isn’t the case if you get some help with the process. First of all, try to narrow it down to a single pay table you want to play. Trying to learn all the right plays for all the different pay tables would be maddening and unnecessary.

Once you’ve figured that out, you can learn perfect play for Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker by using one of the following two resources:

1. Video Poker Training Software: Software lets you play customizable games and pay tables as if you were playing video poker for real money. Whenever you make the wrong decision about what cards to hold and which ones you should discard, the software will let you know and will tell you the right ones to play. Over time, the right moves will become ingrained from the repetition of playing with the software.
2. Video Poker Strategy Charts: Strategy charts take all of the possible combinations of cards that you might receive on a deal and rank them from highest to lowest expected to value. You can then compare your deal to the chart, find the combination that you have that has the highest value, and discard the cards that aren’t included in the combination. If you can memorize a strategy chart, you can achieve perfect play. Below is a sample video poker strategy guide to help you get started:

Conclusion

Wheel Poker with Quick Quads video poker gives you a double whammy of sorts if you’re the type that likes extra twists on basic video poker. These two features compliment each other in a way that can really boost your winnings. If you can afford the bet, you can take advantage of this symmetry to a lucrative degree.