Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using a web account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to choose the most money-making machine each time.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Further, several versions of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.
