Video poker Tricks

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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine each and every instance.

After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.