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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a net connection. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 is obvious that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to pick the most money-making ones every instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, a few styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another game is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.