Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a web account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize 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, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful players are able to select the most profitable machine each and every time.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.