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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "dealt" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. 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 number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are given out if desired. The round 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 payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are able to select the most beneficial machine every time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the gambler a chance to double their wins, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.