Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are given out if desired. The game 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 payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to select the most beneficial game each instance.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.