Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your computer, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the player has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are able to pick the most profitable machine every instance.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, some versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.