Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the best combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves 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 is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning players are agile enough to choose the most beneficial machine each time.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.
