Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a net account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 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 payout schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable machine each instance.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the player a chance to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.