Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to select the most money-making game each and every time.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their profits, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.