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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the highest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to select the most beneficial game each time.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.