Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are able to pick the most money-making ones each instance.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.