Poker Mania Slots
What isn’t to like about having elements of poker and slot machines all in one place? As casino enthusiasts, it’s the stuff of dreams: two for the price of one. And would you know it, iSoftBet have come to our aide and provided us with exactly that.
Poker Mania is a zany, brightly coloured 3x5 slot machine that has 5 reels and has up to 9 winlines, if you should wish to play with them all. Packed into that compact package, you have scatters and wilds, alongside a high paying paytable, making this a simplistic but pleasant experience for gamers.
You won’t get cheap frills and fake finery here, just the very best of what the online gaming scene has to offer. As far as retro gaming goes, or those titles that mimic it, this is one of the better activities. But don’t take our word for it – find out those Jokers and scatter about your money by playing right now.
All In
Although you’re more than welcome to go all in when playing Poker Mania, you don’t have to if you’d rather stick to the bare minimum; the starting point costs 0.10 credits. This can then be increased to 2 credits per payline, which means you end up with a total stake worth €18. You can just make out this figure in small print underneath the gaming screen.
Should you be looking to bet everything and be reaching for the Max Bet, you might want to rethink your decision as this button doesn’t increase the coinage but the number of paylines instead. Yes, iSoftBet has decided to go against every other slot machine out there and use the maximum bet to alter the winline amounts rather than your financial amount. We don’t like the change, but you can’t say they haven’t been bold about their design choices.
Another ‘interesting’ part of the overall design is the Auto widget, a bright purple toggle that has x5 and x10 upon it. You might think, rather naturally, that you can only decide between these two amounts, but if you click the button you’ll notice you can automatically spin as many as 250 games. Why the controls have been made like this, we just don’t know, but thankfully we’re here to help you navigate these flaws.
The only thing left for you to do, besides spin, is to change the winlines, but as there are so few it’s probably best you keep the number as it is. You’re likely to have more winning combos that way.
Royal Flush
The paytable is a little all over the place with Poker Mania. Most of the symbols require five of a kind to make a killing, yet the highest paying set of cards (the Heart suit) only needs four matches. This is probably due to the poker term ‘four of a kind’, but seeing as a straight royal flush is more valuable, this doesn’t quite add up.
As for the Joker, this symbol works the same as a wild and subs other symbols to make a combination, as well as gifting the best present of all: a x2 multiplier. What makes this even better is the fact that you can win from right to left and left to right, essentially increasing your chances of making bigger and more regular wins. Nice.
Just a Berry Patch?
If you have no idea what we’re talking about, you might need to brush up on your poker terminology: ‘berry patch’ refers to an easy game, which we feel Poker Mania is. There are some challenges for users to overcome, but the volatility is medium at best, and as for the variance, this is also low to medium.
Should you be a gamer looking for an intense experience that pushes you to the edge, you won’t be finding that here. This is an activity where you can show off your love of poker, without needing to physically play the game. Like we said at the beginning: two for the price of one, albeit in a roundabout way.
