Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the player has chosen which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Generally, the lowest 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 starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game each time.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.