Video Poker is a beloved game that can be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, using a web account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable machine every instance.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.