Or you can hold 4,5,7,8 and hope to get a 6
See, at least there are four scenarios: straight flush, flush, straight, and two pairs.
You can win or lose depend on your decision, it means you can make poor decisions -> guilt, as if you lose because of you, not the system/luck.
Ordinary slots don't have this expand payline, gamble feature, lock reels, etc. The only guilt was why didn't I increase/decrease the bet.
What is a catch with video poker is that you can try to increase every winning with gambling lower/higher! It's my beginning in gambling, the first machines in the neighborhood! It was not about hitting the good multiplier by draws, it was to try to increase them by betting on lower/higher after that! Some slots have that option to collect/gamble, some don't!
My godfather and I are examples of that... I don't like that at all, to choose what to keep, to choose lower/higher... I like to play and to either win or lose, bonuses where we can't choose anything... but my godfather chose games where he can play that simple lower/higher game and to multiply his winnings with his hits!
So I can only think that both exist for a reason, not everyone has the same taste when it comes to these gambling games! We are different, and that's why different game options exist!