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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a net account. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are given out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most beneficial machine each instance.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.