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Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through a net connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, without the involvement with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "dealt" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are agile enough to choose the most money-making game each and every instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.