With the growing popularity of online gambling, many casino game aficionados are slowly turning to the computers and playing at home instead of going to actual casino dens. One of the most popular games on the Internet is video poker, which combines the basics of a poker game and the style of a slot machine. It has become so popular that casinos have installed their own video poker machines. Here are some of the basic information that you should know about this online game.

It is not the same as the usual poker game in casinos.

Knowing the basics of the usual poker game in casinos is not enough to make you a success online. Although the rules, especially the ranking of the cards, are the same with the table game, there are differences that even the most adept player must learn. As mentioned above, the structure of the video poker game is the same as those of slot machines. In fact, even the video poker games inside casinos have much the same look.

In video poker, one is dealt with five cards from a deck. What is different in video poker is that you are able to discard some of the cards that you are holding and replace them with another. The combination of cards that you will have after clicking the draw will be your final hand. If the final hand is good, you