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Poker, The Video Version
How video poker gives a skilled player the chance to get the best break at any gambling machine

Before reading this, forget all you've learned about table poker-except for the ranking of poker hands. Video poker is not live poker, and outside of how you evaluate the hands, it bears little resemblance to the table game.

Video poker is a fairly recent phenomenon, dating back to only the mid-'70s. Although early slot machines used cards and poker hands as payoff symbols, players had no choices to make; the reels stopped wherever the machine determined they would.

The increasing popularity of video poker can be traced to several factors and characteristics it has in common with many of the more popular casino games. For instance:

It's fast (like craps).

It gives players the opportunity to make decisions and a reasonable control over the results (like blackjack).

It's similar to poker (like many of the newest casino games).

It gives the possibility of a large payoff and is not intimidating (like slot machines).


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