Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine each and every time.

After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to double their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.