Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common 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 goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most beneficial game each and every instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.