Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. 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 wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most profitable game each and every time.
As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.