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Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor 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 want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each 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 finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine every time.

After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.