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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve 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, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced bettors are agile enough to choose the most profitable ones each and every instance.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the player an opportunity to double their profits, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.