Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

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

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning 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, 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 knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making ones each time.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.