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Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be played in casinos around the globe, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a web connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the interaction with other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players will need to now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the gambler has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Typically, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every 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 goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are able to pick the most profitable ones each time.

Once the first round has played out, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to increase playability.