Do I need to know how to play poker to play this?

[Rambley The Raccoon]

Above.

[Bilgot the Heartless]

No. Game tells you "poker hands" so you know what cards you need to play. There is a simple tutorial that explains all basic things.

[Nico]

Not really, but you do need to understand how the different hand rankings work, which is not difficult to learn.

[Croij]

Not really, and you can always check "run info" for the explanation of how hands score.