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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to acquire money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "distributed" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts should now choose which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like 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 wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards she wishes to retain, 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 analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to select the most profitable ones each and every time.

As soon as the first round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.