Video Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the player has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every 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 vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable game each instance.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Further, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.
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