Editing Video poker (section)

==The game==
[[File:Video Poker Machines.jpg|thumb|right|Video poker machines at [[Harrah's New Orleans]]]]
After inserting money (or a bar-coded paper [[Ticket-In, Ticket-Out|ticket]] with credit) into the machine, play begins by placing a bet of one or more credits and pressing the "deal" button. The player is then given 5 cards (like five-card draw) and has the opportunity to discard one or more of them in exchange for new ones drawn from the same virtual deck.  After the draw, the machine pays out if the hand or hands played match one of the winning combinations, which are posted in the [[pay table]]. Unlike the table version, the player may discard all 5 of their original cards if they so choose.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fineonlinecasinos.com/games/video-poker/|title=Video Poker Rules & Gameplay}}</ref>

Pay tables allocate the payouts for hands and are based on how rare they are, the game variation, and the decision of the game operator.  A typical pay table starts with a minimum hand of a pair of jacks, which pays even money. All the other hand combinations in video poker are the same as in table poker, including such hands as two pair, three of a kind, straight (a sequence of 5 cards of consecutive value), flush (any 5 cards of the same suit), full house (a pair and a three of a kind), four of a kind (four cards of the same value), straight flush (5 consecutive cards of the same suit) and royal flush (a Ten, a Jack, a Queen, a King and an Ace of the same suit).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlinecasinosdoc.com/videopoker-rules.htm|title=Learn Video Poker Rules and Video Poker Hand Values|work=OnlineCasinosDoc.com |access-date=2010-08-05}}</ref>

Some machines offer [[progressive jackpot]]s or other unique bonuses, spurring players to both play more coins and to play more frequently.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Play Video Poker – Rules 2021|url=https://veritop.com/casino-games/video-poker/rules|website=Veritop.com}}</ref>