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Electronic Poker is a popular game that can be enjoyed in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A five card hand will be electronically 'dealt' on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and bettors should 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 choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press 'draw', at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to select the most money-making machine each and every instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the 'collect' button to cash out any money that has been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their winnings, in which situation another hand is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.