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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones each and every instance.

After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.