Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be wagered on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has selected which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in 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 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game every instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.