Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a web account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 gambler has selected which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones every instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.