Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a web account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of 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 change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones each instance.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.