Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, using a web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes 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 would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are able to choose the most profitable ones every time.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.
