Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a web account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be dealt if desired. 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 printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to select the most money-making ones each instance.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.