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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be played in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a net connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. In this respect it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most beneficial game every time.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.