Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, 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 player has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 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 payment schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful players are able to choose the most profitable ones each instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.