Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be wagered on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable game each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.