Video Poker is a favored game that can be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 gambler has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to pick the most beneficial machine each and every instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.