Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each and every time.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.