Online Video Poker Games:
Strategy For Fun
Some people that enjoy
a good poker game at a buddies house on Saturday night also
enjoy heading to a casino to play the game. A casino offers
not only traditional poker games that are played at a table,
but also offers video poker games. The biggest difference
between table poker and video game poker is that the machine
can be preset to have particular odds as to how often the
player will win.
Of course, with a video poker game, there are buttons and
virtual opponents as opposed to being able to hold your cards
and look other players in the eye. The nice thing about video
poker games, is that no matter what version of this popular
pastime you enjoy the most, it is likely to be available. If
you don't happen to have a favorite, are new to the game or
just don't know all the rules, keep reading for some of the
basics.
If you want to play five card stud on a video game, you will
notice that the play is exactly the same as at the table. To
start, every player is given a card with the face down as well
as one card that is face up. The person that has the lowest
card with the face up needs to make a bet of half of the
minimum amount or a full bet to initiate the game. In a
clockwise order players may either raise the opening bet, fold
their cards, or call. Cards are dealt until each player has a
total of five cards. Then the fourth card is dealt, and the
lowest bet is raised to double the original bet. Finally, the
fifth and final card is given to all the players face up,
followed with the final round of betting.
In Caribbean Stud Poker, including on
video poker games, each player wagers against the dealer and
not against each other. To play, each person must pay an ante
just to see their cards. Then, if allowed, players may bet one
dollar to enter the jackpot. Five cards are then dealt face
down to every person that is playing as well as to the dealer,
except the dealer's fifth card is dealt face up. The players
now have two options to choose from: they may either place a
bet equal or larger than the original ante, or as in any poker
game they may fold and withdraw from the current hand,
forfeiting their ante.
After all the players have either bet or folded, the dealer
then reveals the cards in his or her hand. In order to
challenge a player's hand, the dealer's hand needs to have
either an Ace and a King or better; if no player has this
combination, the dealer will fold his hand and the ante is the
only amount paid out, with the player's bets being returned to
them. If the dealer has an Ace and a King or better then the
player's cards and the dealer's cards are shown and the best
hand wins the pot.
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Written by: J Finney
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