Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the player has selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making machine every time.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.