Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine each time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their profits, in which case another game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.