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Video Poker is a favored game that can be played in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your PC, using a net account. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the highest combination of cards possible in order to acquire money. On this account it’s much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the enthusiast puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be "distributed" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and gamblers will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has decided on which cards he or she would like to keep, they should press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 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 pay out schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are able to pick the most profitable machine every instance.

Once the first round has played out, 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, several versions of the game give the player a chance to double their profits, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.