Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful players are able to choose the most profitable machine each and every instance.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation another hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.