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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be wagered on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using an Internet account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning players are agile enough to pick the most profitable machine each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.