Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. 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 number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award 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 finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones each instance.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.