Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a net connection. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the player has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic 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 two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are able to pick the most beneficial game every instance.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.
