Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards he would like 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 completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most profitable ones every instance.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.