Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a net account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be "dealt" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to choose the most money-making game each time.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.