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Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will then be "handed out" on the video screen.
The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.
After the player has chosen which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.
Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to pick the most money-making ones every time.
Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase 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 differing characteristics to enhance playability.
