Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now decide 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 illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine each and every instance.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the player a chance to double their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.