Video Poker Lingo
Aces and Eights Video Poker
Four aces or eights and four sevens receive a Bonus payout.
Aces and Faces Video Poker
Four aces or four face cards of the same rank receive a Bonus payout.
Aces with a Kicker
A term used on double double Bonus video poker where four
aces with a two (deuce), three or four has a higher payout.
All American Video Poker
Has a higher payout for a Straight Flush than regular Jacks or Better Video Poker.
Average Payback
Also called Expected Return or Expected Value.
Bonus Deuces Wild Video Poker
Deuces are wild cards
Bonus Video Poker Deluxe
A Jacks or Better featuring a higher payout for four of a kind.
Cash Out
Button that releases the credits of the player.
Complete Hand
A straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, and a straight flush
Comps
= Compensation - rewards for playing in the online casino .
Credits
Track of the value in the players account.
Cycle
Probability of getting any over a period of time.
Denomination
Card number from two (deuce) through ten, or is Jack, Queen, King or Ace.
Deuces
Two denomination in a deck of cards.
Deuces Deluxe Video Poker
Bonus payouts for four deuces natural straight flush, royal flush with a deuce, five of a kind, wild straight flush and a wild four of a kind.
Deuces Wild Video Poker
Deuces can take the place of any other denomination in the deck.
Deuces and Jokers Wild Video Poker
Deuces and jokers are wild cards.
Discard Buttons
Buttons to select which cards you want to hold or which you want to discard.
Double Bonus Video Poker
Bonus payouts for 4 aces, four deuces, threes or fours and four fives through kings.
Double Double Bonus Video Poker
Bonus payouts for 4 aces, four aces with a
deuce, two, three or four kicker, four deuces, threes or fours with and ace through four kicker, four deuces, threes or fours and four fives through kings.
Double Jackpot Video Poker
Bonus payouts for 4 aces, 4 aces with a king, queen
or jack kicker, 4 kings, queens or jacks with an ace, king, queen, jack kicker and 4 deuces through tens.
Double Joker Video Poker.
Bonus payouts for a wild royal and five of a kind.
Double Double Jackpot Video Poker
Bonus payouts typically for 4 aces, 4 aces
with a king, queen or jack kicker, 4 kings, queens or jacks with an ace, king, queen, jack kicker and 4 deuces through tens. The same Bonus payout hands as for Double
Jackpot but with variations in the payouts for the Bonus hands.
Draw
Replacement of cards from your initial hand for those of the deck of the dealer.
Double Up
Option to double up the bet on a winning hand. The object is to draw a higher value card against the machine to double your winnings.
Edge
The advantage in a game based on mathematical expectation.
Expected Return
The average amount of money paid back.
Expected Value
The projected average per unit bet payback.
Flush
A hand containing any five cards in the same suit.
Flat Top
A video poker machine that does not have a Progressive Jackpot.
Four of a Kind
A hand containing four cards of the same denomination.
Full House
Three of a kind plus a pair.
Full Pay
The best payout schedule offered.
Garbage Hand
A bad hand which will - no sequences.
Gut Shot
see Inside Straight
Hand
The five cards considered to be your hand.
High Card
A Jack, Queen, King or Ace. If you are playing Tens or Better Video Poker, then the 10 is also a high card.
Hold
The cards you keep in any given hand.
House
The online casino running the game.
Inside Straight
Four cards to a straight where the one card you need to complete the straight is in the middle of the run.
Inside Straight Flush
The same as an inside straight except that the cards must all be of the same suit.
Jackpot
A special Bonus paid when you hit the highest hand on a video poker machine such as a Royal Flush.
Jacks or Better
Jacks or better is the original video poker game, with a Pair of Jacks as the minimum winning hand.
Kicker
used in the Double Double Bonus video poker games. In Double Double
Bonus a kicker is considered an ace, duece, three or four.
Kings or Better
A pair of kings as the minimum winning hand.
Long Run
The point where the machine's total appearance of number values is what probability theory predicts.
Loose Deuces Video Poker
A deuces wild game with Bonus payouts for four deuces, royal flush with a deuce and five of a kind.
Louisiana Double Video Poker
A basic Jacks or Better with an extra 53card - the double card. If this is held in a winning hand the payout is doubled.
Maximum Average Payback
The amount of payback if you play all the of hands on that machine, providing that you play every hand with correct strategy (perfect play).
Maximum Credits
Bet Max button.
Multi Play
Machines that allow up to ten hands of video poker at once.
Net Losses
The amount lost after the wager is deducted from the payout.
Net Winnings
The amount won after the wager is deducted from the payout.
Odds
The likelihood that an event will happen.
Outrun
To beat.
Pat Hand
All five initially cards are a winning hand.
Payback
The long term expected return of a video poker game being played.
Pay Off
The credits paid for a particular winning hand.
Payout (Payoff) Schedule
Ttable that shows the value paid for each possible final hand for each possible bet.
Payout (Payoff)
The actual pay of value by the game.
Perfect Play
Making every play for the absolute highest Expected Value..
Pick'em Video Poker
You are dealt 2 single cards and 2 decks of 3 cards...only 4 cards are visible. Your job is to pick one of the 2 stacked piles and your strategy relies on comparing the
visible cards to what maybe contained in the 2 sets of hidden cards.
Progressive Jackpot
Usually for a Royal Flush that is progressivve with amount played in the game.
Quads
Four of a kind like
Rag
Card that does not suit your hand.
Random Number Generator
An algorithm or a program used to generate a series of random numbers.
Rank
The numerical value of a card.
Royal Flush
A hand containing and Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace in the same suit.
Sequential Royal Flush
A Royal Flush in order, like 10h J Q K A.
Sevens Wild Video Poker
Sevens are the wild cards in this game and Bonus payouts are for four sevens, royal flush with a seven and five of a kind.
Short Run
A limited amount of time when probability theory will be marked by streaks.
Straight
Five cards not in the same suit in an unbroken sequence.
Straight Flush
Five cards in the same suit in an unbroken sequence.
Strategy
A pattern or method for playing the hands.
Strategy Card
A Strategy Card is a Strategy Table printed on a card.
Strategy Table
A Strategy Table is a list of the hands you might be dealt in decreasing order of Average Payback.
Suit
In a poker deck, each card that is not a wild card is in one of the four suits: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts or Spades.
Three of a Kind
A hand containing three cards of the same denomination like 10-10-10-4-5.
Tens or Better Video Poker
A game where tens or better cards are the minimum paying hand.
Tilt
To play recklessly.
Triple Play
Play 3 hands of video poker at the same time.
Trips
Three of a kind.
Two to a, Three to a, Four to a
Refers to the number of cards you have in your hand that make up at least a part of a potentially winning hand.
Two Pairs
A hand containing any two pairs of cards.
Underdog
A person or hand who is not mathematically favored to win.
Wild or Wild Card
A card that can substitute any other card in the deck.
Wild Royal
A wild card to make a royal flush.
Winning Hand
One that you get paid for.
Zilch or Zip
A dealt hand with cards with no prize.
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