Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 player has selected which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, 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.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video 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, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable machine each instance.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.