Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a web account. The regulations are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to select the most money-making machine every time.
After the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.