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How to Enjoy Video Poker
Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or in your house on your PC, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.
The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.
After the bettor has decided on which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.
Generally, the minimum winning 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 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most profitable game every instance.
Once the first round has played out, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their profits, in which case another game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.
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