Video Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves 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 definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game each and every instance.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, several styles of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.