Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the player has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding 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, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most profitable game every instance.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Further, several versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.