Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The round is now completed, 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 an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine each and every time.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, 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 varying elements to enhance playability.