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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a regular 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 in Video Poker.

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

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes 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 gambler has selected which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making ones each time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.