Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with 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 begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making game each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.