Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has selected which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches 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 award money getting larger 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine every instance.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their profits, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.