Video Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a web account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.