Video Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a net account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves 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 definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making game each time.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.