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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your PC, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and consist of the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards achievable in order to win cash. In this respect it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the line of contact with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A five card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be needed they will be given out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful enthusiasts are able to choose the most money-making game each instance.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, a few versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another round is played. There are also variations among specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.