Video Poker is a popular game that can be wagered on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 player has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most profitable game every instance.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the player a chance to increase their wins, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.
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