Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through a web account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are able to choose the most beneficial machine every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.