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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a net connection. The rules are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest 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 two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to select the most beneficial machine each time.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, some styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.