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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be electronically ‘handed out’ on the video screen.

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

After the player has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning 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, moving on to two 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 vary from game to game, so that discerning players are able to choose the most profitable machine every instance.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.