Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making machine every time.
After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.