The Proper Way to Play Video Poker
Friday, 12. January 2018
Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest combination 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 used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to pick the most profitable game each and every instance.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.
Posted in Video Poker by Konner