Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be played in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a web account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial machine every instance.

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