Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using a net account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, 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 bettor has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three 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 payment schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable ones every instance.
As soon as the first 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 retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.