Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be wagered on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a net connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 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 pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable ones each and every instance.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.