Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making machine every instance.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.