Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now decide 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 light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to select the most money-making machine each and every instance.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.