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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos throughout the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using an Internet account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact 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 Video Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has selected which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be given out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves 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 vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to pick the most beneficial game every time.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.