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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be gambled on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning bettors are able to choose the most profitable machine each time.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.