Video poker Strategy

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Video Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other 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 bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, 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 common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable gamblers are able to select the most beneficial game each and every instance.

After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.