Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced bettors are able to choose the most profitable machine every instance.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.