Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most profitable machine each instance.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that has been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.