Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, through a net connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful players are agile enough to select the most money-making machine every time.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.