Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a net account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player trying to get the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the minimum 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, 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 payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced players are able to choose the most profitable machine every instance.
After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.
