Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable gamblers are able to pick the most profitable game each and every instance.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.