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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to get the highest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 chosen which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to choose the most beneficial game each and every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their profits, in which instance a further game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.