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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be played in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it's very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player inserts credits (whether it's tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be electronically 'given out' on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with 'hold' written on them, and bettors should now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the 'hold' buttons should 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 bettor has selected which cards she would like to keep, they should press 'deal', at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced players are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine every time.

After the first round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the 'collect' button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which case another hand is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.