Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be gambled on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a net account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every time.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.