Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be played in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

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

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts 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 definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game every time.

After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.