Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common 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 payment schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game each instance.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which case a further round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.