Video poker Strategy

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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

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

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. 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 printed on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to choose the most money-making machine each and every time.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.