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Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.
After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.
Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable bettors are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones each time.
Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which instance another 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.
