Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to choose the most money-making ones each time.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.
