Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your computer, using an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial machine each time.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.