Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or in your house on your PC, using an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
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 play button. A five card hand will then be "handed out" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to select the most profitable machine every time.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.