Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a web account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every time.
After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.