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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most beneficial ones each time.

After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.