Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making game every time.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.