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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the gambler has selected which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize 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 finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine every instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, several versions of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.