Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, using a web account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the player has selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Normally, the minimum 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, 3 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 machine to machine, so that skillful players are able to select the most profitable game every instance.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their profits, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.
