Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to pick the most profitable ones each time.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which case another round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.