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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 change from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to pick the most profitable machine each instance.

As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.