Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a web account. The rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has decided on which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to select the most money-making machine every time.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.