Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web account. The regulations are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making ones each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.