Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a web account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 bettor has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand 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 growing 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 is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones each and every instance.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their wins, 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 aspects to enhance playability.