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The Proper Way to Enjoy Electronic Poker

November 22nd, 2008 No comments
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Video Poker is a favored game that can be played in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your home computer, using an web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to aquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 player has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to select the most money-making ones each instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.