Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler 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 selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum 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 starts with jacks or better, and moves 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 payment schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are able to select the most beneficial ones every instance.
After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.