Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, using a web account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are able to pick the most profitable machine each time.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to double their wins, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.