Video poker Strategy

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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net account. The regulations are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four 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 machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to pick the most profitable game each time.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.