Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using a net account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three 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 vary from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are able to choose the most money-making machine each time.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, some versions of the game give the player a chance to double their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.