Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be played in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your computer, using an Internet account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most profitable machine each and every instance.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.