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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a web connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler 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 is all or none.

After the player has chosen which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video 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 starts 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 is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game every instance.

After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to increase their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.