Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, using a web account. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to keep 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 choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 change from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are able to select the most beneficial game each time.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their profits, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.
