Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, using an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout 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 list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine each and every time.
After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.