Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making ones every instance.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.
