Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins 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 payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game give the bettor a chance to double their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.