Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be wagered on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your home computer, using an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, 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 analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are able to choose the most profitable game each instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.