Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors 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 decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as 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 award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to choose the most profitable ones each time.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which case another round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.