Video Poker is a favored game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the highest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "dealt" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, 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 player has chosen which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable game every time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.
