Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through an Internet connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones every instance.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, a few styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.