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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, through a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination 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, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life 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, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful players are able to pick the most money-making ones each instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.