Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, using an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has selected which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are able to pick the most beneficial ones each instance.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.