Video poker Strategy

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Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or in your house on your computer, using a net connection. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most profitable ones each and every instance.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.