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Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.