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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every 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, 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 machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to pick the most money-making machine each instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, several versions of the game give the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.