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Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most money-making machine each and every instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.