Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "dealt" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like 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 player has decided on which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic 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, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are agile enough to choose the most profitable game each instance.
As soon as 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 cash out any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.