Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be bet on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced bettors are able to select the most money-making machine every time.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.