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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through a net account. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the bettor has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic 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 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced bettors are able to choose the most profitable ones each and every instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the bettor a chance to increase their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.