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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their profits, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.