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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or cash) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A five card hand will be "dealt" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be given out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are able to pick the most profitable machine each instance.

After the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Additionally, some styles of the game give the bettor an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance another hand is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.