How to Play Video Poker
Posted in Video Poker on 11/13/2016 09:25 pm by Duncan
Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making game each and every instance.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.