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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The regulations are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with other 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, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has selected which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new 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 matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts 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 is obvious that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced players are able to choose the most money-making game each and every time.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast a chance 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 characteristics to enhance playability.