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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be played in casinos around the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with money. On this account it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has selected which cards she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of 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 last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are able to choose the most money-making ones every instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their profits, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.