Video poker Strategy

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Video Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a web account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are given out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to select the most beneficial machine each and every time.

After the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the player a chance to double their winnings, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.