Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to select the most beneficial game every time.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.