Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to pick the most money-making game every instance.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.
