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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in 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 common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to choose the most money-making game each and every instance.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.