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Electronic Poker is a popular game that usually will be played in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest mixture of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now pick 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 decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful players are able to select the most money-making game each and every time.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.