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Electronic Poker is a beloved game that usually will be played in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, through a web account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player attempting to get the highest assemblage of cards achievable in order to come away with money. In this respect it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, without the involvement with competing players. Of course, techniques used in 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 cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the play button. A 5 card hand will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to 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 player has chosen which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are given out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving 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 goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making machine every instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any money that might have been won. Further, some versions of the game allow the gambler a chance to double their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.