Video Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic 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 minimum 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 two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning players are agile enough to select the most profitable game each instance.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.
