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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be wagered on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet account. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game each and every time.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.