Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet connection. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are able to choose the most beneficial game every instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.