Video Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, through an Internet account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video 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 finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful players are able to choose the most profitable ones each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.