This year’s holiday contest features Dream Card Poker. In this exciting game, when the Dream Card feature is awarded, optimal autohold strategy is employed to pick the perfect 5th card to complete the dealt hand. In other words, you can be given a 4-of-a-kind in place of a 3-of-a-kind on the deal!

In addition to Visa gift cards to our Grand Prize winner and 4 runners up, we award 3 month GOLD memberships to those who place 6th through 10th. And don’t forget, the top ten qualify for the Tournament of Champions. The contest starts at 9:00 am Pacific time on Saturday, December 22nd and ends on New Years Eve at midnight Pacific. Click here for contest information.

Now you can practice and play video poker games on your iPhone (Android coming soon). Free games come with Jacks or Better. With an in-app upgrade, you can unlock all game families for a game, along with other features like STOP LIGHT, BEST HOLD, PICK, and much more. Plus, when you log into your VideoPoker.com account you can still earn Players Club points while you're mobile. Click here to learn more and to download VP Pocket now.

An annual GOLD membership is a great idea for a friend or family member. Place your order by the end of the year and we’ll give you 100,000 Players Club points. Plus, if you buy 5 or more in a single purchase, we’ll give you two free nights at a private condo at MGM signature in Vegas that you can use any time in 2013. Subject to availability.

The 2012 Tournament of Champions is only a few weeks away. Round One will begin on January 15th, with the Tournament concluding on the 21st. So far over 640 people have qualified and will be competing for a Las Vegas Dream Vacation valued at over $5,000.

Over 250 qualifiers have come from our random drawings, so it pays to play in the daily and monthly contests – whether you get great hands or not! Click here for more information about the Tournament of Champions.

December Poll:
Do you ever play a hunch?

Click here to take this month’s member poll and we’ll publish the results in the next Newsletter.

This month we feature "x007," who hit two Royals at the Horsehoe in Southern Indiana while playing Jacks or Better on a Single Hand machine. What’s really unique is the sequential Royal he hit – something that management had never seen. Congratulations, x007!

If you have a great winner to show, please send us your picture to comments@videopoker.com and we'll feature our favorite each month!

Here are the top 10 games played on VideoPoker.com over the last 30 days, based on number of game sessions:

1. Super Times Pay Poker
2. Ultimate X Poker
3. Classic Single Hand (Game King)
4. Spin Poker Deluxe
5. Hundred Play with Super Times Pay
6. Cleopatra Keno
7. Hundred Play Draw Poker
8. Dream Card Poker
9. Triple Play Draw Poker
10. Double Super Times Pay Poker

If you have an interesting or funny Video Poker fact or story you'd like to share, please let us know by sending email to comments@videopoker.com