The Rules of Video Poker

• To place your wager, put coins in the machine. The bet has to be made before you draw your cards, and can't be changed once the game begins.
  
  
• Push a button marked "Draw/Deal" after you place your bet. This will bring up your initial hand of five cards.
  
  
• Then choose if you want to hold onto any of the cards and push the "Hold/Cancel" button under the card(s) you decide to keep. If you change your mind and don't want to keep a previously held card push the "Hold/Cancel" button once more to cancel the hold.
  
  
• Be certain there is conformation on the screen that you have held the cards you want. The word "hold" will flash under your held cards.
  
  
• Push the Draw/Deal button a second time to get new cards for those not held.
  
  
• The machine pays off if you have a winning hand and is then set for another game.

Keep in mind the cards will not normally be in order when shown on the screen. Most video poker games will let you know about a hand/potential hand until after the game.

The following are winning 'hands' on standard Jacks or Better machines, ordered top to bottom from the best hands to the worst. Certain video poker games will have different rules, such as tens or better, wild cards, etc.

	Royal Flush A Royal Flush consists of Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 of the same suit and is the highest hand to obtain in poker.
	Straight Flush A Straight Flush, the second highest possible hand, is made up of five cards in order and of the same suit. An ace can usually be counted as the lowest card in the order. For example A, 2, 3, 4, 5 is a group of five ordered cards.
	Four of a Kind One odd card and four cards of the same value gives you four of a kind (such as Q, Q, Q, Q, 3).
	Full House When you have three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank (for example J, J, J, 4, 4 or 6, 6, 6, 8, 8), this is a full house.
	Flush You have a flush if all five cards in a hand are the same suit. A 4 of Clubs, 5 of Clubs, 7 of Clubs, Queen of Clubs and Ace of Clubs makes a flush.
	Straight A straight is five cards in order, but not of the same suit, such as an Ace of Diamonds, 2 of Clubs, 3 of Hearts, 4 of Clubs and 5 of Spades.
	Three of a Kind If you hold three cards of the same value and two odd cards, such as 7, 7, 7, A and 2, you have three of a kind.
	Two Pair Two cards of the same value or rank are a pair. You have two pair when your hand has two pair plus an odd card (for example 6, 6, 7, 7, 2).
	One Pair (Jacks or better) In video poker only pairs of jacks, queens, and kings or aces pay off.