Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be 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 pay out schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning 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, and moves 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 definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable game each and every time.
After the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.