Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a web connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "handed out" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to select the most money-making ones every time.
After the first round has finished, 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 money that has been won. Further, some versions of the game give the bettor a chance to double their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.