Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each 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 is obvious that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to pick the most beneficial ones each and every instance.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.