Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your computer, using a web connection. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best combination of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the player has selected which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most profitable ones every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, some versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.