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Video Poker is a favored game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, using a net connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves 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 definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine each and every time.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.