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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be played in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a net account. The rules are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to get the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or cash) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

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

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger 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, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning enthusiasts are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine each time.

After the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.