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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a web connection. The rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor 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 want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has chosen which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now completed, 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 minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves 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 should be known that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning players are agile enough to choose the most money-making ones each and every time.

Once the initial 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 retrieve any money that has been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.