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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to select the most money-making machine each and every instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.