Posted by Brielle | Posted in Video Poker | Posted on 18-12-2015
Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced players are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every time.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, several styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.