Video Poker is a favored game that can be played in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a net account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two 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 change from game to game, so that discerning players are agile enough to select the most money-making machine each time.
After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their profits, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.
