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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a net account. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most profitable ones each and every time.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.