Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your computer, through a web account. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the player has decided on which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine each time.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.