Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a web connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video 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 two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are able to choose the most profitable ones each and every instance.
Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue 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 give the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.