Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are able to pick the most beneficial ones each time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, some styles of the game give the bettor a chance to double their wins, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.