Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, using an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the player has decided on which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to select the most money-making game each and every time.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the player a chance to double their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.