Video Poker is a favored game that can be gambled on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through a net account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar 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 Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.

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

After the bettor has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine each and every instance.

Once the first round has completed, 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 money that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.