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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be played in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a net connection. The game rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will be electronically ‘given out’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three 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 payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to select the most beneficial machine each instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.