Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be wagered on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones each time.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.