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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most beneficial ones each instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.