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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at home on your home computer, using a net connection. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be given out 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 shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful bettors are able to select the most money-making machine each instance.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.