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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has selected which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable game each instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.