Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a net account. The rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Electronic 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 need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. 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 pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every 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, four 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 machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable ones every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.