Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 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 payout schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to choose the most money-making game every time.
After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their profits, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.