Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, through an Internet connection. The regulations are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine each time.
After the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.
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