Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through a web account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either 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 machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most beneficial game each instance.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to increase their profits, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.
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