Video Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a net account. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is 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 game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are given out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are able to choose the most profitable game every time.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.
