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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through an Internet connection. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the 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 bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most money-making game each and every time.

After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.