Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones each instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their winnings, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.