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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable gamblers are able to select the most profitable game each instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the bettor a chance to double their winnings, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.