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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your computer, through a net account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to come away with money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most beneficial ones every instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance a further round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.