Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 gambler has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to select the most profitable game each instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.