Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes 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 bettor has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. 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 pay out schedule.
Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are able to choose the most beneficial ones each instance.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.