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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be wagered on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of five cards will be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards she wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to pick the most profitable ones each instance.

As soon as the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the gambler a chance to double their wins, in which case a further game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.