Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through an Internet account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 player has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to pick the most beneficial ones every time.
After the first round has played out, 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, a few versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.