Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like 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 gambler has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an 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, 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 goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are able to pick the most beneficial game each and every time.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, a few styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.