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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos around the world, or in your house on your computer, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

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

After the gambler has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum 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 begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning bettors are able to choose the most beneficial game each and every instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which situation a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.