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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be wagered on in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most profitable ones every time.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that has been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.