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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, using a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.

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

After the gambler has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three 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 machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable game each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.