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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a web account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to win cash. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

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

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video 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, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to select the most profitable machine every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.