Video Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to select the most money-making machine every instance.
As soon as the first round has finished, 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 they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.