Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to choose the most money-making game each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.