Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods 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 is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now pick 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 decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins 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 should be known that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are able to pick the most money-making ones each time.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.
