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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every time.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.