Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common 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 finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones each instance.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their profits, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.