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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through an Internet connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must 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 bettor has selected which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins 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 finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful gamblers are able to pick the most profitable machine each instance.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.