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Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a web connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to acquire money. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most profitable ones each and every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.