Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a web account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has chosen which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. 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 listed in the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves 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 payout schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are able to select the most profitable game each instance.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their winnings, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.
