Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning players are able to pick the most profitable ones each and every time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.