Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be gambled on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your computer, using a net connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning players are able to choose the most money-making game every time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their profits, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.