Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, using a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common 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 last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most profitable machine every time.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.
