Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video 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, 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 is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are able to select the most beneficial ones every time.

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