Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful players are able to choose the most money-making ones each time.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.