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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your computer, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most beneficial game every instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.