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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be gambled on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards as you can in order to win money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, without the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of five cards will be electronically 'given out' on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with 'hold' printed on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the 'hold' buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards she would like to keep, they should press 'deal', which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two 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 pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful players are able to choose the most money-making machine every time.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the 'collect' button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, several styles of the game allow the enthusiast an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also variations among individual machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.