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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning players are able to select the most profitable machine each and every time.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.