Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in 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 machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic 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 starts with jacks or better, and moves 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 should be known that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning bettors are able to choose the most profitable game each time.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.