Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will be "handed out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has chosen which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are able to choose the most money-making game each instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.