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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

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

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 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 skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones each and every time.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.