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Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be gambled on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine each instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.