Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your PC, using a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to pick the most beneficial ones every instance.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.
