Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making ones each and every time.
After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.