Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a web account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has chosen which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable machine each and every time.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.