Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the video 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 player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 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 pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making ones each instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.