Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, using a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. 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 amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins 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 last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to choose the most money-making machine each time.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.