Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards 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 two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most money-making ones each instance.
After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that has been won. Further, a few styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.