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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be gambled on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has selected which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial machine each and every time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.