Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "given out" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be 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 payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making game each and every time.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.
