Video Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards 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 pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning players are able to select the most beneficial machine every time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.