Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using a web connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable machine every time.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, several versions of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.
