Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be wagered on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful players are able to choose the most money-making machine each and every time.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.