Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a web account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are able to choose the most profitable ones each time.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.