Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest 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, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to choose the most profitable game every instance.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, several styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.