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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced players are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine every time.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.