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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. 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 amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable game each instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.