Video poker Strategy

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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a net account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the best combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has selected which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced bettors are able to pick the most money-making game each instance.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.