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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler 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 player has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The round 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 minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are able to select the most money-making machine each and every instance.

After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to double their profits, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.