Video Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 change from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable ones each time.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their wins, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.