Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be gambled on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a web connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "dealt" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game 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 player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing 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 last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most beneficial machine each time.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.