Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be wagered on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video 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 two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to pick the most money-making machine each time.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.