Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three 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 payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful players are agile enough to pick the most beneficial game each instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.