Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a net connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine 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 player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making game each and every time.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.