Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the player has decided on which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable machine each and every time.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.