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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at your house on your home computer, through a net account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards as you can in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning 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 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning players are able to choose the most profitable game every time.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.