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Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire money. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Typically, 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 starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three 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 range from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are able to select the most money-making machine each and every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.