Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be wagered on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the player has chosen which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine every instance.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.