Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a web account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like 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 gambler has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every time.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.