Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are able to select the most money-making ones each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.