Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be gambled on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, using a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand 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 a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most beneficial game every instance.
After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.