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Strategies For Online Video Poker Gamble Game

 

Online video poker games come with a gamble feature, which is also known as a double feature. If you receive a payout in the main video poker hand, you can activate this feature in the hope of multiplying the amount won. The risk is that if you are unlucky you may lose the payout won. This article explains how the video poker gamble game works and suggests strategies for single hand and multi hand variants.

You have to win in the video poker hand to be eligible to activate the gamble game. You will be dealt five cards. The first card will be dealt face up and the other four cards will be dealt face down. You have to pick one of the face down cards. If your chosen card is higher ranked than the face up card the payout is doubled, otherwise the payout is lost. You can replay the gamble game with the amount won up to five times. As mentioned earlier, the online video poker gamble feature is optional. You can ignore the gamble game and collect the payout that you have won.

The gamble game offers correct mathematical odds without any house edge. So the average return is 100%. This seems to be an attraction. But the payout of this bet is only 1 to 1. Most online video poker variants offer an average return of over 99%, with much higher payout potential. So it may make more sense to stake your payout in another video poker hand. You need to assess how much risk you are willing to take very carefully. Many expert online video players follow the strategy given below.

In single hand video poker games, when you win the amount will be at least equal to your bet. Often it will be more. Hence it does not make much sense to activate the gamble game. In multi hand online video poker identical bets are placed for each hand. Some hands win while other hands lose. Usually the total payout will be less than the total amount bet. You can opt for the gamble feature to try to recover the wagered amount. There is no certainty that you will recover your wager and may even lose whatever little you have won. But if you are lucky enough to recover your wagered then you should stop activating the gamble game any further.

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