Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a net account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire money. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common 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 range from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones each and every instance.

After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.