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Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a net account. The regulations are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 player has selected which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 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 payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable game every time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.