Video Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through a net connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every 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 is obvious that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine every time.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the player a chance to increase their wins, in which case a further round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.
