Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has decided on which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced players are able to choose the most profitable game each instance.
After the initial 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 credits that might been won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.