Video Poker is a popular game that can be played in casinos across the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using a web account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.

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

After the gambler has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to select the most beneficial game each time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, several styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their profits, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.