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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to win cash. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will then be "dealt" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic 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, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are able to select the most money-making ones each and every instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.