Video Poker
There are 2,598,960 poker hands that can be produced with a standard 52-card deck. Most video poker games make use of the combinations of hands that can be made from a standard deck.
The RNG inside the video poker machine is set to simulate the probabilities of drawing any one of these combinations of hands. With a set number of combinations that can be made from the cards used in each video poker game, the payout can be calculated by how much the video poker machine pays for each winning combination.
The Object of the Game
Video poker plays out like draw poker whereas the betting and payout systems are not unlike slot machine games. This is to say that the rules and process of the game are closer to those of draw poker, except that you do not compete against other poker players.
The object of video poker is to beat only the dealer—which would be the video poker machine, as the case may be. You do so by making the best possible poker hand from the five cards you are dealt. If the dealer's hand is higher, he wins the game. Wins and losses are determined by the outcome of your final hand, each type of hand equivalent to a fixed number of points pre-defined in the game.
How much you win is based on a pay table that is typically posted on the front of the video poker machine. Suffice it to say that the better your poker hand, the higher the amount the video poker machine will pay you back
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