Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using an Internet connection. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves 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 pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine every instance.
After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.