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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a net account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 gambler has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones each time.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their profits, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.