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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a web connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment 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 list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable gamblers are able to select the most profitable game every instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.