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It has been known that video poker is a gambling game that primarily requires players' skills. To be sure, the outcome of each session significantly depends on luck, but the user's skills are the key factors over the long run.
Both blackjack and video poker do not allow experienced customers to try something new. The best strategies have already been elaborated for each variation of the game. Following them, a player reduces the house edge to a minimum and may even get an advantage over the house in some versions.
Previous articles on Casinoz have already covered the ways to choose the most profitable versions of video poker and offered systems and recommendations that could help our readers achieve the best results.
Why Should You Know How to Play Difficult Hands?
However, a genuinely professional player cannot just use a cheat sheet and mindlessly make decisions concerning the strategy. They must understand why they make one or the other decision. This will help them to avoid problems if any difficulties arise when there is no opportunity to seek assistance at the table with the optimal strategy or ask more experienced partners.
Some complicated situations in video poker are discussed in this article below. We will analyze several difficulties that often lead to mistakes among beginners and experienced players. Such hands seem to be exceptions to the standard recommendations, so they often confuse. Yet, if you act correctly in such cases, you will only increase your probability of winning.
So, let's start.
Pair or Straight
The first example is taken from Jacks or Better video poker (its common strategy is available in the article that you may open following the link.) Imagine you have unsuited 10, 10, J, Q, and K without the so-called flush draw (four cards that may allow hoping to collect a flush.)
In most such cases, it is necessary to hold a pair if you have a pair and double-ended straight draw. However, we recommend that you should try to collect a straight. You will probably get a paid pair even if you fail.
Flush or Royal Flush
Let's discuss the other possible hand in Jacks or Better. Suppose you have A, K, J, and 6 of spades, and 6 of any other suit. Surely you understand that it is necessary to split a pair of sixes in this case. Nevertheless, the question may arise whether you should try to get a flush or a royal flush!
Mathematicians have calculated that the latter is more beneficial. If there are three cards to a royal flush, it is necessary to discard a low pair and try to get the highest-ranking poker hand.
Flush or Pair
Let's talk about a pretty common situation that arises in Deuces Wild. So, a virtual croupier dealt the following cards: 5, 7, J, and A of spades, as well as 5 of clubs. Many inexperienced users believe discarding a pair preferring to collect a possible flush, is necessary.
Such a decision is involuntarily selected because the pair comprises low-ranking cards. Nonetheless, remember that pairs are not paid in Deuces Wild, so there is no difference between two fives and two aces. Anyway, their ranks should be improved.
In this case, it is necessary to rest on a pair of fives and exchange the other three cards. The probability of getting a hand is relatively high if you consider that all the deuces are wild cards.
What Else?
We want to remind you that in other articles in this section, you will find a lot of helpful information to help you achieve a new, higher level. Strategies for popular versions of video poker can be found in the appropriate section of Casinoz.
Remember that the most convenient way to improve your skills is to choose online casinos that allow testing games "for fun." Many kinds of video poker released by famous brands can be run directly on our website for free.
In the future, we will continue to discuss complicated gaming situations in the different versions of video poker. Follow the updates, ask questions, and share your personal experience.
