Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 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 game to game, so that discerning bettors are able to select the most beneficial machine every time.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which case another round is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.