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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using a web account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are given 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 listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to select the most beneficial machine each instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.