Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a net account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

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

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are able to select the most money-making ones each and every time.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.