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Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.

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

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

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are able to pick the most profitable game each instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.