Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a web account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to pick the most profitable game each instance.
As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.