Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are able to pick the most money-making ones each and every time.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.