Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect 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, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning bettors are able to choose the most profitable game every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, several styles of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.
