Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "dealt" on the video screen.

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

After the gambler has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to pick the most beneficial machine each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.