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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic 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, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to pick the most money-making ones each instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.