Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

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

After the bettor has selected which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to pick the most profitable ones each instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.