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Mike_25
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Want to learn the best way to play video poker? Here are some tips:
• Find the strategy chart for your game. There's a proper way to play each hand for the particular video poker game you're playing - Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, whatever. Search online for a strategy chart that shows the right play for each hand. Study that chart until you've got it memorized. The strategy's based on the odds and payouts for your specific game.
• Start with the obvious hands. First learn whether you should hold or ditch cards with the really strong/weak starting hands. Like always hold a royal flush but never just one high card. Once you've got the extremes down, learn the right plays for middle-strength hands. With practice, the whole strategy will become second nature.
• Practice for free. If possible, play video poker in practice or free play mode first. Many casinos offer this so you can learn the strategy without risking real cash. Play a bunch of hands to experience all kinds of situations and reinforce the right decisions to make.
• Keep bets low at first. When you start playing for real money, keep your bets modest until you're consistently making the right strategic plays. Then you can slowly increase your bet size as you get more comfortable. But never bet more than you can afford to lose, even if you know the strategy inside-out.
• Keep practicing the strategy. Continue reviewing the chart periodically even after you've learned it. It's easy to slip up or be tempted to play hunches instead of the strategy. Regular practice will make the right plays into habit, but you've gotta keep at it. The more you play and practice, the more natural it will feel to play with optimal strategy.
• Find the strategy chart for your game. There's a proper way to play each hand for the particular video poker game you're playing - Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, whatever. Search online for a strategy chart that shows the right play for each hand. Study that chart until you've got it memorized. The strategy's based on the odds and payouts for your specific game.
• Start with the obvious hands. First learn whether you should hold or ditch cards with the really strong/weak starting hands. Like always hold a royal flush but never just one high card. Once you've got the extremes down, learn the right plays for middle-strength hands. With practice, the whole strategy will become second nature.
• Practice for free. If possible, play video poker in practice or free play mode first. Many casinos offer this so you can learn the strategy without risking real cash. Play a bunch of hands to experience all kinds of situations and reinforce the right decisions to make.
• Keep bets low at first. When you start playing for real money, keep your bets modest until you're consistently making the right strategic plays. Then you can slowly increase your bet size as you get more comfortable. But never bet more than you can afford to lose, even if you know the strategy inside-out.
• Keep practicing the strategy. Continue reviewing the chart periodically even after you've learned it. It's easy to slip up or be tempted to play hunches instead of the strategy. Regular practice will make the right plays into habit, but you've gotta keep at it. The more you play and practice, the more natural it will feel to play with optimal strategy.
