Video Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a web connection. The rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every 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 pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable game each and every instance.
After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.
