Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, using a web account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to choose the most beneficial machine every time.

After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.