Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to select the most profitable game every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.
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