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Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire cash. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players 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 must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, 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 lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that knowledgeable players are able to select the most money-making game every instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case a further round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.