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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, using an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the gambler has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to choose the most money-making game each and every time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.