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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be bet on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through an Internet connection. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the video screen.

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

After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to select the most money-making game each instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.