Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to select the most profitable game each and every time.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.