Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be bet on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each 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 definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced players are able to select the most money-making ones every time.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their profits, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.