Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through an Internet connection. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful players are able to select the most money-making game each time.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.