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Video Poker is a favored game that can be played in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the gambler has selected which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to pick the most beneficial ones each time.

After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.