Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, using a net account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine each and every time.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.