Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the best mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has chosen which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are given out if desired. The round 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.
Generally, the lowest succeeding 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, and moves 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are able to pick the most profitable ones each instance.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.