Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The regulations are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable ones each and every time.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.