Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your computer, using an Internet account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire money. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be handed 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.

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 common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each time.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.