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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to pick the most profitable ones each instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.