Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

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

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

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

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three 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 vary from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most beneficial game each time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, some styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.