Video Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a net account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has selected which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to select the most money-making machine each time.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.