Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using a net account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 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 payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to select the most money-making ones every instance.

After the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.