Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable machine every time.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay 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. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.