There are very few people that do not know how to play poker. In fact, it is one of the most popular games in the casino. Poker is a card game and one that is played at a table or on a machine. Video Poker Rules are much the same as poker, only it is being played on a machine.

How to Play Video Poker

Video poker is played by the player manipulating buttons on the machine. The game is played with 52 cards, and the dealer is dealt his hand. The player then decides which cards he / she would like to keep, and which they would like to throw. For the cards that the player would like to keep, they simply press the hold button. When the player clicks on the draw button the cards that are not held in the hand are thrown out, and the player draws new cards.

The object of poker to get a winning hand. Poker has many winning combinations, and you must hold a combination than the machine in order to win the hand. The first thing when you will do when you play video poker is to place your bet. You will then have five cards dealt to you and from there you size up your combinations and your winning strategy. You are allowed one draw, and after that draw, the machine will show its hand, and you have won or lost your hand.

Typically, video poker works on a five coin bet system.

In poker, an Ace is the highest card you can hold. It is then followed by the king, queen and jack. You then have your number cards which are their numbered value.

Hand Ranks

The lowest hand in poker is termed a pair and is a pair of cards whose value is the same.

Two pair is next and is two sets of two cards with the same value.

Three of a kind is next and is three cards that hold the same value.

A Straight is next and is a hand that is made up of five cards of consecutive value, but, are not the same suit.

Five cards of the same suit but are not of consecutive values are called a Flush. For instance, a two of clubs, a ten of clubs, a King of clubs, a three of clubs and an eight of clubs.

Three cards of the same kind and a pair of the same kind make a Full House. For instance, three of the cards could be threes and the other two cards, twos.

The next highest hand in poker is four cards whose value is the same.

Five consecutive cards whose suit is the same, but does not contain an ace in the hand is called a Straight.

The highest hand in poker is composed of the five highest cards in the deck, which consist of the ten, Jack, Queen King, and Ace, that are of the same suit and called a Royal Flush.