Video Poker
A
casino game based on five-card drawpoker. It is played on a computerized console similar in size to a slot machine.
After inserting money
into the machine, play begins by placing a bet of one or more credits and pressing
the "deal" button. The player is then given cards and has the opportunity to discard one or more of them in exchange
for new ones drawn from the same virtual deck. After the draw, the machine pays out if the hand or hands played match one
of the winning combinations, which are posted in the pay table.
Pay tables allocate the payouts for hands
and are based on how rare they are, the game variation, and the decision of the game operator. A typical pay table starts
with a minimum hand of a pair of jacks, which pays even money. All the other hand combinations in video poker are the same
as in table poker, including such hands as two pair, three of a kind, straight (a sequence of 5 cards of different suits),
flush (any 5 cards of the same suit), full house (a pair and a three of a kind), four of a kind (four cards of the same value),
straight flush (5 consecutive cards of the same suit) and royal flush (a Ten, a Jack, a Queen, a King and an Ace of the same
suit). Some machines offer progressive jackpots, or
other unique bonuses, thereby spurring players to both play more coins and to play more frequently.
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