Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, using a web connection. The regulations are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding 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 begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to select the most beneficial game each time.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.