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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using a web account. The regulations are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most money-making machine each instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their wins, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.