Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be bet on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your computer, through an Internet account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, 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 he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable ones every instance.
As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, several versions of the game give the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.