Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to acquire money. 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, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 gambler has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine each and every time.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.