Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the bettor has selected which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making game each instance.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.
