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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a web account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable game each time.

As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game allow the enthusiast a chance to double their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.