Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, through a net account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most profitable ones each instance.

After the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.