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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are able to select the most profitable machine each and every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.