Online pokie machines are famous for offering highly interactive gaming fun and payout potential. However, in our opinion ‘hold’ features that have been an integral part of pokies for generations remain one of the very best and most enjoyable. Take a look at the classic holds and whether hold strategy can help you in your pokie payout quest………
Holds
The concept of pokie holds is thought to originate with card games where players often have the option of holding or drawing more cards. Pokie holds are randomly triggered features that enable gamers to click on an icon to freeze one or more icons. Following a hold, the un-held pokie reels re-spin for a chance to create winning combos.
Check out the example of a typical hold scenario after a spin on a 5 reel pokie machine, with all 5 reels lit-up with hold options…..
Reel 1 apple
Reel 2 apple
Reel 3 apple
Reel 4 JACKPOT 1000
Reel 5 JACKPOT 1000
In the example above you could opt to play the holds with a few different options:
> Use no holds and re-spin all the reels
> Hold the 3 low value but high probability apple icons
> Hold the high paying low chance Jackpot 1000 icons
Going with option one simply applies the logic that every spin is random so you could just as easily hit a big pokie combo holding nothing when you re-spin.
Option two goes for the percentage bet by shooting for the low level apple icons; you only need 2 more to win so logic suggests it could be a good bet.
Then with the jackpot icons, the odds of getting all 5 1000 coin icons is reduced a little because you already have two of them on reels 4 and 5. It could be a decent gamble to go for the big cash and ignore the low payout opportunities.
It is worth remembering that there is no perfect way to make holds when playing online pokies – anything could potentially be the right move. It all depends on random luck so use logic but remember it’s luck that is the winning factor in rewarding your logic. Many gamers to hold jackpot icons however because they see them as being precious. This could be a cool approach to take – but you could also strike millions by holding no icons! Try using a variety of hold styles on the pokies and fingers crossed you scoop a mega win like those recently paid out by pokie software company Microgaming