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How to Play Video Poker

Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a net account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has selected which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards are given out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to choose the most beneficial ones every instance.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.

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