How to play Video Poker
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How to play
The aim is to make the highest ranking poker hand possible that is in the payout schedule displayed on the machine. The minimum hand needed to win varies with different games.
The player inserts sufficient coins or a smart card to play. Smart cards are like credit cards that can be purchased and charged up with money at the cashpoint. Minimum stakes are often in multiples of five coins. If you decide to play with fewer than five coins you will need to press the deal button. If you insert all five coins, the machine will automatically electronically deal a five-card hand.
A standard deck of 52 cards is randomly shuffled and dealt as in a normal game of poker. The player receives a five-card hand. The player then has the opportunity to improve the hand by discarding cards and being dealt new ones.
The player decides which cards to keep and presses the corresponding hold button. A hold can be cancelled by pressing the button a second time. The player may keep all the cards or discard any number of cards. It is possible to be dealt a winning hand with the initial five cards. This is usually indicated by a beep or a flashing light. When the player has decided which cards to keep, the draw/deal button is pressed. The machine will deal new cards to the hand. If a hand wins it will be paid out according to the payout schedule displayed on the machine.
Ranking of hands
Hands are ranked in the same way as five-card draw. For games where there are wildcards, there are additional hands that include the wildcard, such as five of a kind. A royal flush made with a wildcard is considered a lower ranking hand than a regular royal flush.
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