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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has selected which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful players are able to choose the most beneficial machine every time.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.