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Video Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to choose the most money-making game each and every instance.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.