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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be bet on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your PC, using a net connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the 'hold' buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it's all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, they should press 'draw', at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic 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 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making game every instance.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the 'collect' button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the bettor a chance to increase their profits, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences between individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.