Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has decided on which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced players are able to select the most profitable machine every instance.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their profits, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.