Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of 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 range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most profitable game each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.