Video Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a web connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "dealt" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. 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 listed in the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to pick the most profitable machine every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the enthusiast 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 having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.