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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using an Internet account. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

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

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most profitable ones each and every time.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.