Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "dealt" on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the gambler has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as 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 prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones each instance.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.
