Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 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 payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to pick the most profitable game each and every instance.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.
