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Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 decided on which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most beneficial ones each and every time.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.