Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep 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 decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 discerning bettors are able to choose the most money-making game each instance.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their winnings, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.