Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, using an Internet account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without 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 begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making ones each time.
After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.
