Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a web account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. 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 want, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on 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 and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning players are agile enough to choose the most beneficial machine each time.
After the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.