Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player 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 wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful players are able to choose the most beneficial game every time.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their profits, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.