Video
Poker Terms Dictionary
This
lesson of Video Poker Terms will prepare you
for your next casino visit.
Video Poker Terms: A
Aces
with a Kicker: Bonus credits are awarded
for
quad Aces with a specific fifth card.
Aces and Faces Video Poker: bonus
credits for Aces, Kings, Queens and
Jacks.
All American Poker VP:
Straight Flush pays 1000 coins.
Video Poker Terms: B
Basic
Video Poker: Single
payline VP game using one 52-card deck. Unlike progressives, basic VP
has a
constant top jackpot payout, ex. 4000 coins for Royal Flush.
Bet Max: To bet
the max coins (usually 5) for each play/spin. The best payouts occur
when
maximum bet is wagered. If you want to receive full value for your
Video Poker
play,
this is the best strategy.
Bet One Button:
Pressed when betting less than max coin. Press 1 for 1 coin, 2 for 2
coin, etc.
Not recommended.
Bonus 4-of-a-kind:
Pays bonus credits for certain quads and/or certain quads with a
specific fifth
card. Ex. Bonus Poker=400 credits for 4 Aces or Double Double Bonus
Poker=2000
credits for 4 Aces with a 2, 3 or 4 kicker.
Bonus Deluxe VP: Any Quad pays 400.
Bonus Deuces 9/4 VP:
Payout of 2000 for 4 Deuces with an Ace as the fifth card plus higher
coin for
five 3’s, 4’s and 5’s.
Bonus Jacks+ VP:
2 pair pays 2, Four Aces pays 400.
Video Poker Terms: C
Complete
Hand: Term
for straight, flush,
full
house, quad and/or straight flush combination.
Credits:
Paid
for winning hands
or when you place an initial betting amount as displayed on the credit
meter
Cycle:
Mathematical possibility of
receiving the top jackpot of a Royal Flush.
Ex. a Royal occurs approx. every 40,000 hands for Jacks or Better 9/6
VP
versions.
Video Poker Terms: D - E
Deal/Draw Button:
Press for replacement cards not held during play or deal new hand.
Definition: VP
Games, except Deuces Wild, are referenced by the full house and flush
payout
for one coin. Ex. 9-6 Jacks or Better game pays 9-for-1 for full houses
and
6-for-1 for flushes. Deuces Wild 9-5 refers to straight flush and
4-of-a-kind
payouts.
Denomination:
Most VP slots offer several denominations options, from nickels to $25.
Deuces Wild VP: 4
Deuces pays 1000.
Dirty Royal: Royal
with 1 or more Deuces. Not the big pay, but keeps you in the game.
Discard: Cards tossed in
search of a
better hand.
Double Bonus Jacks +
VP: 10/7 versions
pays 50 coins for full-house with max. coin.
Double Double Bonus VP:
4
Aces with 2,
3 or 4 kicker pays 2000.
Double Jackpot Poker (aka Aces and
Faces)
VP: 2 pair pays, bonus credits for King, Queen, Jacks and
Aces.
Double Inside
Straight Flush: Three cards in the same
suit with two gaps where
two cards will complete a Straight Flush, Ex. 7c, 9c, 10c, 3d, 4s.
Double
Up: Option
to double credits for a
winning hand. You must draw a higher card than displayed to win.
Expected Value or EV:
Average return expected with optimal strategy. Ex. Jacks+ choice
between 4
cards dealt for a possible straight and at the same time, 4 cards dealt
for a
possible flush. You would choose the 4 cards to a flush as the expected
value
is higher.
Expert Strategy:
Method of deciding which cards to hold and which to discard for each VP
version, providing the best chance of winning in the long run.
Video Poker Terms: F
Flush
(FL): Five
cards all the same
suit—clubs, spades, hearts or diamonds.
Four
of a Kind (QUAD): Four cards of the same
denomination. Ex. 4 Aces.
Four
Card Flush: Four cards of
the same suit in a VP hand; Ex. 7c-8c-9c-Jc,
Four
Card Inside Straight: Four cards
in any suit with one or two gaps;
Ex.
6-8-9-10-Q.
Four Card Inside Straight Flush: Four cards of the same suite
with one gap where 1 card will complete a Straight Flush, Ex. 7c, 8c,
10c, Jc,
3d.
Four
Card
Royal Flush: Four cards
in
the same suit where one card will complete a Royal Flush, Ex.
10c-Jc-Qc-Kc-7d.
Four Card
Straight: Four cards not in the same suit in consecutive
order with
both ends open. One card (a 6 or J) will complete a Straight, Ex. 7c,
8s, 9h,
10d.
Four
Card Straight Flush: Four cards in the same suit in
consecutive order
with both ends open. One card (a 6 or J) will complete a Straight
Flush, Ex. 7c,
8c, 9c, 10c.
Full
House (FH): Hand containing three of a
kind
and a pair. Ex. AAA-22.
Full-Pay VP (FP):
Game that displays the best pay table. Ex. Jacks+ 9/6.
Video Poker Terms: G - K
Games/Hour: 500/games/hour is an
average for VP
players.
Hand:
Five
cards as dealt or held
constitute your hand.
High Card: Refers
to Jack, Queen, King or Ace. Most VP games will return your bet for a
pair of
Jacks or Better.
Hold Button:
Pressed for each cards you choose to hold for that particular hand.
Inside Straight:
Completed with one card only, (ex. dealt--6, 7, 9, 10)--only the eight
can
produce a winning hand. This is a good bet to complete a Straight Flush
or
Royal.
Jacks or Better
(Jacks +) Video Poker: 2 pair pays 2.
Joker Wild VP: 5
of a kind usually pays 1000 coins.
Kicker: Fifth
card held or dealt that pays additional credits with 4-of-a-kind. Ex. a
2, 3,
or 4 with four Aces in Double Double Bonus Poker.
Kicker: Holding
an additional high card with a small pair. Not recommended.
Video Poker Terms: M - P
Max Bet Button:
Pressed when you bet the maximum coins for a hand. Usually a 5-coin
bet. If you choose
not to play max. coin, you will not qualify
for the larger jackpots.
Maximum Payout:
If you bet 5 coins for each VP hand, all winning hands are paid out
multiplied
by a factor of five, except for the royal flush.
This is a bonus amount, usually 4000 coins.
Multi Play: VP
slots where you can play 3, 5, 10 or up to 100 hands at one time.
9-6 or 8-5:
Definitions used to describe VP versions. Ex. 9/6 for Jacks+ full pay
while 8/5
Jacks+ describes a short/partial pay version of the same game.
Optimal Play:
Requires a combination of maximum coins in play plus strategy
techniques
utilized for that specific version with a full-pay VP table.
Outside Straight or
Straight Flush: Completed with two possible cards, (Ex. dealt
6, 7, 8,
9)--a ten or five can produce a winning hand. Hand should be held for a
possible win.
Pat
Hand: Winning
hand is dealt with five
initial cards. Whoopee, collect those credits.
Payback Percentages:
% of how much a game will give back to the player in the long run given
expert
strategy. 9-6 Jacks+=99.5% game means that if you make expert plays,
the most
likely result is that you will get back $995 of every $1,000 you wager.
Pay
Out: Number of coins or credits
paid for a winning hand expressed as
‘one-coin’ payout. Multiply by 5 for total payout for max coin play.
Ex. Jacks+
full house=9 for 1 or 45 coins total.
Payout
Table: Posted
at each VP machine. This
table displays payouts for each winning hand to correspond with number
of coins
bet. Ex. Jacks+ full house=9 for 1 coin, 18 for 2, 27 for 3, 36 for 4
and 45
for 5 max. coin bet.
Penalty
Card:
Received on the initial deal that, if discarded, would decrease the
odds of
drawing flushes or straights. Ex. is to keep King and Queen of diamonds
and
discard the 2 of diamonds, the 2 is a penalty card because it is a
potential
piece of a diamond flush that is no longer available to you.
Pick ‘Em Poker Video Poker:
Pair of 9’s or better=min. payout. Two cards are displayed along with 2
stacks
of 3 cards with 1 card visible=total 4 cards displayed. Choose one
stack of
three cards to complete a 5-card hand.
Positive
Expectation:
Video poker game that returns 100%+ for optimum play over the long
term. PE is also
achieved when combined with cashback and/or comps.
Progressive Video
Poker: Offers growing jackpots dependent upon amount of
monies played
through the linked VP bank/carousel. When either jackpot wins, values
are reset
to minimums for each. Max coin play is mandatory here.
Video Poker Terms: Q - R
Quad:
Term
for four-of-a-kind.
Random: VP slots
draw cards are selected at random from a single deck of 52 cards (53
for Jokers
Wild). Each subsequent hand is shuffled utilizing 52 cards and dealt
randomly.
Rank: In order
from top Poker hand down is: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a
Kind, Full
House, Flush, Straight, Three of a kind, Two pair, One pair of Jacks or
better
RNG - Random Number
Generator: Computer program for VP slots which sequences
through a series
of numbers that corresponds to the results of a single game.
Royal
Flush: Top
payout for Ace, King,
Queen, Jack and Ten of the same suit in any order with no wild cards.
Whoopee!
Royal
Flush Sequential: Must be in order from left
or
right for those VP games offering a separate and much higher jackpot.
AKQJT or
TJQKA.
Royal Flush Wild:
Formed with Wild Card(s). Ex.
Joker
Royal and/or Deuces Royal.
Video Poker Terms: S
Short/Partial Pay Tables:
Return fewer coins than a full-pay VP for certain hands. Ex. 8 coins
for a full
house rather than 9 coins for full-pay machine.
Straight
(ST): Sequence
of five
cards not of the same suit. Ex. is 4-5-6-7-8.
Straight
Flush (SF): Sequence of five cards of the same suit. Ex.
all clubs 4-5-6-7-8.
Strategy:
Learned
technique/methods of
playing individual hands determined by the VP paytable and version.
Strategy
Card: Printed
technique/method for
playing individual hands of VP games.
Suit:
Four
suits comprise a non-wild
deck of 52 cards: 14 of each of Clubs, Spades, Hearts and Diamonds.
Super Aces Video Poker, aka
All Aces Online: Four Aces pays 2000. No kicker required.
Super Double Bonus VP:
Quad K, Q & J’s pay 600, Aces=800.
Tens
or Better VP (10+): Pair of Tens or Better is
the
minimum payout for this game.
Video Poker Terms: T - X
Three
of a Kind (3/kind): Hand with three cards of the
same denomination. Ex. AAA.
Trips:
Term
for three-of-a-kind. Ex.
AAA.
Two
Pairs (2PR): Hand with two pairs. Ex. is
AA22.
VP Tournament:
Promotional event where players vie for cash prizes with highest number
of
credits for play within a specific time.
VP: Abbreviation
for Video Poker.
Wild Card: Used
to complete a winning hand. Two popular VP versions are Deuces Wild—(4
twos)
and Jokers Wild—(1 wild, but there are other versions with up to 4
Jokers). Several
versions available online and off.
Wild
Royal: Hand
with a
wild card(s) to form a Royal Flush. Ex. Deuces or Joker.
Winning
Hand: Any hand where you receive
credits. Ex. a pair of Jacks or three-of-a-kind in Deuces that return
your bet.
X
– Symbol that
designates a multiplier times payout amount for VP hands.
Max. betting is calculated at 5X single coin bet. Ex. Jacks+
=9 X 5=45 coin win.
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