Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your computer, using a web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins 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 goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful players are able to choose the most profitable machine each instance.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.