Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, using a net account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 player has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most profitable game each instance.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their wins, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.