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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 home on your computer, using an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast 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 want, whether it’s all or none.
After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to pick the most money-making game each and every time.
As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.
