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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a net connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be electronically ‘handed out’ on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning players are able to pick the most money-making game every instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, several versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.