Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will then be "dealt" on the video screen.

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

After the gambler has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to choose the most profitable game every time.

Once the first round has played out, 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 money that might have been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.