Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a web account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, 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 player has selected which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every 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 finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making machine each time.
After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.