Video Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a net connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable 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, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 gambler has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video 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, moving 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones each and every instance.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.