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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a net connection. The game rules are absolutely simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it's much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (whether it's tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with 'hold' printed on them, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the 'hold' buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the player has selected which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press 'draw', at which point any fresh cards will be handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to two 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 vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are able to select the most profitable ones every time.

After the first round has completed, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the 'collect' button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their winnings, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.