With time, the sources of entertainment, the world of games, the betting habits of people are also changing. There were times, when people used to sit under the shade of a tree or probably a low-lighted round table of a restaurant and played cards over huge sums of money. And video games were just a fancy toy possessed by some rich kids of the town who bragged about how they saved the princess in Mario. And an even fewer section of the people went to casinos.
However, due to modernization and constantly changing dynamics of the people, the card games somehow shifted to the cheaper crowd whereas the video games have become the new reality.
From children to hostellers, youngsters to older people- everyone is into video games, everyone is just addicted. Games such as Counter Strike, Freedom Fighter, FIFA and the like have taken the world by storm, people are not only crazy about them but have also started organizing tournaments amongst themselves.
Small restaurants, cafes, game parlors and casinos have not left this opportunity and are coming up with new activities and tricks daily to make the most out of this chance using their most popular games.
As discussed earlier, casinos don’t leave any chance of earning that extra amount of money. A video poker tournament is also a similar technique used by them to bring in new customers and retain the existing ones by organizing regular periodic tournaments of their popular games, Video Poker being the most famous and appreciated.
Casinos earn by charging a small participation fee from the new customers whereas they may offer it for free to their loyal ones.
Usually, the duration of tournaments lies between 2-3 days, the catch is that no coins or cash is used. Each participant gets a playing time of approximately 15-20 minutes. However, sometimes the limiting factor is the number of hands whereas the other times both time and number of hands are limited to increase the fun and excitement. In the beginning, all the participants start with the same amount of credit which can be used by them to deal. Special video poker machines and chips are installed with pay tables for such tournaments.
On the game screen, the participants can keep a track of the time remaining, their credit countdown, the points accumulated by them throughout the session. For any winning combination, the points are added to the tally; however there is no negative deduction for a losing hand. Obviously, the top scorer emerges as the undisputed winner.
People normally participate in such tournaments with the sole purpose of entertainment and competition and not to make profits; however, the winners and almost top 25-30% of the participants do earn some monetary rewards. It is an interesting thing to know that most of the participants do not withdraw their credits, rather carry it forward to the next tournaments. To increase the participants’ base, casinos normally offer complimentary meals and free goodies.
How often it is that we end up cursing the luck factor for all bad things happening to us? A lot! Yes, luck plays a vital role in deciding the outcomes of our decisions but it is our strategy, our hard work, our decision making capability that has an ultimate say. Similarly, with an optimal strategy and right choice of the combination of hands, one can easily win the Royal Jackpot. We often confuse higher cards for good cards which prove as our biggest mistake. The trick is to make the right combination and not to collect high cards. The best strategy varies from game to game, person to person and the cards you have.
For example, Video Poker pay offs come from trips, full house and quads. These hands will never appear unless one has the right combination of low pairs and not just some non-matching high pairs.
With a mathematically developed technique that maximizes the chances of hitting all the hands that pay off, one can produce a quad almost once in every hour and a Royal Flush once in almost every 40,000 hands. It takes almost 25 hours in a four-handed game and about 100 hours in a single-handed game for a Royal Flush to appear on the screen. So, the only trick is to make the right pair and use the right strategy and not just go on hitting random buttons.
This brings us to the end of this article. Wait no more, and participate in a video poker tournament today!
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