Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos across the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most money-making ones each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.