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How to Play Video Poker

Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your computer, using a net account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 is obvious that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are able to choose the most money-making game each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.

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