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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be enjoyed in casinos across the world, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards she would like to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 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 skillful bettors are able to select the most money-making machine each time.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, several versions of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.