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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most profitable game each instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which case another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.