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Learning Gamble on Electronic Poker

February 17th, 2016 Leave a comment Go to comments

Video Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your computer, through a web account. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones every instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.

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