Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be wagered on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 bettor has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards 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 getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most money-making ones every time.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.