Video Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. 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 a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to pick the most beneficial machine every instance.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.
