Video poker is very different from standard poker, or the most popular poker game on the market today, Texas Holdem. It is a casino game that is merely based upon five-card draw poker. It is not played at a table, but it can be played on the Internet or on a computerized console similar in size to a slot machine.
The game of video poker was first introduced in the 1970s, although the machine back then was rather primitive. By the 1980s, video poker became increasingly more popular in casinos, because people found them to be less intimidating when compared to table games. Now, video poker is a prominent place on the gaming floors of almost every casino. The game is especially popular in Las Vegas.
Heres how to play:
First you place a bet of one or more credits by inserting money or a barcoded paper ticket into the video poker machine. Then, you need to press the deal button to draw the cards. You will then be given the opportunity to keep or discard one or more of your cards in exchange for a new card drawn from the same virtual deck. The machine then evaluates the hand and offers a payout if the hand matches of the winning hands in the posted pay schedule....