Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 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 players are able to pick the most beneficial ones each instance.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.