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Electronic Poker is a favored game that can be enjoyed in casinos around the world, or alternatively at home on your home computer, through an Internet connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to win money. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will be "dealt" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors should now decide which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize 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, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are able to choose the most profitable ones each and every instance.

Once the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Additionally, some styles of the game allow the player a chance to increase their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.