Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using an Internet connection. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 player has selected which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine each 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 cash that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.