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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the best mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 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 range from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable machine every instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that has been won. Further, a few versions of the game give the bettor an opportunity to increase their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying elements to enhance playability.