Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be wagered on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods 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 puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.
After the player has selected which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, 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 lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every instance.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.
