Video poker Strategy

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Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using an Internet account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.

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

After the gambler has decided on which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are able to select the most money-making game every time.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.