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Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be bet on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a web connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the gambler has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning players are agile enough to pick the most beneficial ones each and every time.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.
