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Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be played in casinos throughout the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a net connection. The game rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the greatest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, without the interaction with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be dealt if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable bettors are able to select the most money-making ones each instance.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, several versions of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.