Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your computer, using a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making game every time.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.