Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, 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 begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 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 change from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making game each instance.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.