Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using an Internet connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest 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 competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, 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 lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning players are able to select the most money-making game each and every instance.

After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.