Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick 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 decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones each and every instance.
After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.