Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. 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 would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to pick the most beneficial game each time.
After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case another game is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.