Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like 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 chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are given out if desired. The hand is now finished, 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 lowest succeeding 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, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are able to choose the most money-making machine every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.