Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be played in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the player has selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are given out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to pick the most profitable ones every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their profits, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.
