Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be played in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now decide 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 choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are able to pick the most beneficial ones every instance.
After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.