Video Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should 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 light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the player has selected which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable ones every time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the bettor a chance to double their wins, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.