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Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, using a net connection. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest assemblage of cards as you can in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common 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 should be known that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable gamblers are agile enough to pick the most profitable ones each instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.