Video Poker is a favored game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, 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 player has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, 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 matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial machine each instance.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that has been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their wins, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.
