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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are able to select the most profitable game each time.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their profits, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.