Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, using a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick 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 illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the player has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic 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 2 pairs, 3 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 payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making machine each and every instance.
After the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.