Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using a net account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every instance.
Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.