Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "given out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most money-making ones each instance.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.