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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards are dealt if desired. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to pick the most beneficial game each instance.

As soon as the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their winnings, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.