Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding 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 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are able to select the most profitable ones each and every time.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their profits, in which case another game is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.
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