Video Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a net account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing 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 last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to choose the most beneficial game each instance.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Further, a few versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.