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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts 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 buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes 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 wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to pick the most money-making game each instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.