Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement 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 bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are able to select the most money-making machine every time.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.