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Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at home on your computer, using an Internet connection. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to acquire cash. On this account it is very similar as a regular game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker starts when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A five card hand will then be "distributed" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are given out if desired. The hand is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to select the most money-making machine each instance.

After the initial round has completed, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their wins, in which instance a further round is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying aspects to increase playability.