Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, using an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize 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 goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are able to choose the most profitable game each and every instance.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that has been won. Further, several versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their winnings, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.