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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The regulations are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the greatest combination of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods 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, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the gambler has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to choose the most profitable machine each instance.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which instance another hand is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.