Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or in your house on your computer, using a web connection. The regulations are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the greatest 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 any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 player has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are able to choose the most money-making ones each and every instance.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.