Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to pick the most profitable machine each and every time.

After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.