Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a net account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

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

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to pick the most beneficial ones every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.