Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through a net account. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to get the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the player has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic 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, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to select the most money-making ones each time.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.