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bet, you make a third wager and receive the nal two cards of the 7-card hand. Now, all 7s are wild, and the pay table gets really interesting. Credits are awarded for any 5-card hand made from the 7 cards, beginning with a straight. Additionally, a 6-of-a-kind pays 500, and a 7-of-a-kind pays 1,000 per credit bet.
Wild ing PokerTM is available both in single- play and Triple Play. In the Triple Play version, the 6th and 7th cards of all seven-card hands can be di erent for all three hands, creating more ways to win.
e trick with Wild ing PokerTM, as the song goes, is that you have to know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em. If you’d like to know when to hold and when to fold, you can download a Wild ing Poker Strategy Card at
www.VideoPoker.com.
Multi-Strike Poker® DeluxeTM
Multi-Strike Poker® rst hit casinos in 2003. Manufactured by IGT and developed by Leading Edge Design, Multi-
Strike Poker was named the “Most Innovative Gaming Product of 2003” for good reason. e
multi-denominational game o ers the ability
A third wager brings up the nal two cards, turning any 7s from any of the hands wild.
to advance up four hands of video poker per game, earning two times, four times or even eight times the standard payouts.
e Multi-Strike game screen has a four-line poker hand format. You bet on all four lines before you play and start to play with the bottom line rst.
You have to win the bottom hand (which pays out one times your bet—the standard) rst before you can advance to the second hand. Every hand is dealt from a separate, “fresh” deck. If you win the second hand, which pays two times your bet, you advance to the third hand, which pays four times your bet. And nally, if you reach the fourth line and it delivers a winning hand, it pays a whopping eight times your bet. at’s a possible 32,000 credits for a royal ush with ve credits per hand maximum bet! Plus, randomly appearing “Free Ride” symbols allow you to advance up to the next level even if you’re not a winner.
I fell in love with Multi-Strike Poker the second I played it. I could choose from twelve di erent game versions from Jacks or Better to Triple Double Bonus Poker. Personally, this is the game I spend most of my casino time enjoying. (And if you’d like to practice it on your own before playing it live—always a good idea with video poker—go to www.ledgaming.com and play Multi-Strike Poker for free in your web browser.)
Over the past ve years, IGT has brought the Multi-Strike approach to many other favorite video poker game themes. And now, Multi-Strike Poker®
The last two cards in the Triple Play game can be different for each hand giving more chances for wild 7s.
April 2008
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
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