Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your PC, using an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.
After the player has decided on which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.
Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making game each time.
After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.
