Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, 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, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to choose the most profitable game each and every time.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their profits, in which situation another hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.