Video Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through a web connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three 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 payout schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to select the most profitable machine each time.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.