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Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a net account. The game rules are very straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced players are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine every instance.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.