Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be played in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through a web connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each 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 goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are able to select the most money-making ones each instance.
After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, some styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.
