Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a net account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has selected which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out 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 printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, 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 begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 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 pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones each and every time.

After 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 retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.