Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos across the world, or in your house on your computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding 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, and moves 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 pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable ones every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.