Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep 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 amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has decided on which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 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 range from game to game, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to pick the most profitable machine every instance.
As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their profits, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.