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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos around the world, or in your house on your computer, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the video screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed 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 begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each and every time.
After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their profits, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.
