Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine every instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.