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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be played in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a web account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most profitable game every instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.