Video Poker is a beloved game that can be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, using a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "dealt" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones each time.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.