Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand 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.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game each instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, several styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.