Video Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the best combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine each time.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, some styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.