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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a web account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to pick the most money-making machine each and every time.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.