Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum 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 list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to select the most money-making machine every time.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.
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