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Video Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, using a net account. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes 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 is all or none.

After the bettor has selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are able to pick the most beneficial machine each instance.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.