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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a net connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has selected which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every 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 finally royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to pick the most profitable game each and every time.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.