In order to play poker, you must have card tables, video poker cue cards, playing cards as well as poker chips. Before playing you must learn the rules of basic five- card draw table poker and acquire cue cards for the variations of video poker that you wish to play. If you are already in the casino, go to promotions booth, fill out and turn in an application for a player’s card and then pick up the card. To start playing, you must insert your card in the slot on the machine you are playing, insert money in the machine and press the Deal/ Draw button. Make sure you have inserted the correct amount of money and should be displayed in the credit meter. Once you have inserted money on the machine, you now have credits in the machine and ready to play. If you want to keep the card you want, press the Hold button and press the Deal/ Draw button. And if you are finished playing, press the Cash Out or Credit button to get all your winnings.

That’s the basic of playing video poker. It is so simple.