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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most profitable machine each and every time.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Further, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.