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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a web connection. The regulations are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes 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, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning bettors are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine each time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Further, several styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further round is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.