Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding 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 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 payout schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning players are able to choose the most money-making machine each and every time.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.