Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a web account. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to select the most money-making ones each time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.