Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your computer, using an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves 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 should be known that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most profitable machine each time.
After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.