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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The game rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A 5 card hand will be electronically ‘distributed’ on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning bettors are able to choose the most money-making game each and every time.

After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their wins, in which case a further hand is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.