Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most money-making machine every time.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.
