Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes 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 bettor has decided on which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Typically, 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 common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most profitable machine each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their winnings, in which situation 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.