Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos around the world, or in your house on your computer, using an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast 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 want, whether it’s all or none.
After the player has decided on which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are able to choose the most money-making machine each and every time.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.