Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed 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 hold and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three 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 skillful players are able to select the most money-making ones every time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.