Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "handed out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic 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 begins with jacks or better, moving on to two 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 pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to select the most beneficial ones every time.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.
