Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be bet on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, using a web connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning 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 an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful bettors are able to choose the most beneficial game each instance.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, several versions of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.