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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a net connection. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 gambler has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most profitable machine every instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, some versions of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.