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Video Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 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 pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are able to choose the most money-making game each and every instance.

After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.