Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using a web account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three 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 change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making game each time.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Further, some versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation another hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.