Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a web connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, 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 starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning bettors are able to choose the most profitable machine each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.