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Video Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine every instance.

After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their wins, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.