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Video Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest combination of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning players are agile enough to select the most money-making game each and every instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.