Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 change from game to game, so that experienced players are able to choose the most profitable game every time.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.
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