Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Video 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 lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four 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 players are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones each and every instance.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.