Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will then be "handed out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each and every time.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.
