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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your PC, using a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has selected which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, several versions of the game give the enthusiast a chance to increase their profits, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.