Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be played in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be "dealt" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding 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, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most money-making machine every instance.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.