Video Poker is a beloved game that can be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, using a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones each time.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.
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