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Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a web connection. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 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 discerning players are agile enough to pick the most profitable game each time.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation another hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.