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Video Poker is a popular game that can be wagered on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your PC, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to choose the most money-making machine each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.