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Video Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it's tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically 'distributed' on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with 'hold' printed on them, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the 'hold' buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press 'deal', which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three 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 payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most money-making ones every time.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the 'collect' button to cash out any cash that has been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to increase their profits, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.