Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a net account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.
Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are able to pick the most profitable ones each instance.
Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.