Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, 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 decided on which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The hand 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.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning players are able to select the most beneficial game each and every instance.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.
