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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be bet on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, using a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding 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 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 payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine each time.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.