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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos around the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to select the most money-making machine each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which case a further round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.