Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be played in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast 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, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two 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 payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning players are agile enough to pick the most money-making game each and every time.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that has been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.