Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, using a web account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine each time.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.