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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like 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 wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two 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 vary from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most beneficial ones every time.

As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.