Video Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to select the most beneficial game each and every time.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game give the bettor a chance to double their wins, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.