Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be played in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones each time.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.
