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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your computer, through an Internet account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

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

After the player has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing 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, 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 discerning bettors are able to choose the most beneficial machine every time.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.