Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a web account. The regulations are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful players are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones each and every instance.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their wins, in which case a further round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.