We created you a list about the most common video poker expressions and terms, so that you don't have to endlessly browse the web trying to find out what the mean.
Video Poker Terms and Expressions
- Catching Hands - Receiving a hand of favorable cards.
- Cowboys - A term used for Kings.
- Fishhooks - A term for Jacks.
- Ladies - Queens.
- Progressive Jackpot - A jackpot that grows bigger by every play. Winning a progressive jackpot is a rare event, but can reward you with incredibly huge sums.
- Drawing Hand - The initial hand of cards you receive.
- Bust - A hand that didn't form a winning combination at the end of the round.
- Quads - A term denoting the Four of a Kind card combination.
- Suit - Suit means the type of the cards. (clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades)
- Rainbow - This term is used for three or four cards of different suit.
- Trips - Three of a kind.
- House - The casino.
- House Edge - The house edge is the advantage expressed in percentage the casino has over the player.
- Payout - This can either mean the money you win, or the money the respective video poker machine could pay out if you win.
- Payout Percentage - The amount of money deposited by players the casino is willing to pay out in form of winnings.
- Pay Table - The table showing the potential winnings for each winning video poker card combination.
- Random Number Generator - This is the computer software that calculates which cards will come next. There is no way to influence the random number generator, not by players or even the casino.
If you can't remember these terms after just reading them, you should save this page for further reference. You may come back every time you don't understand a video poker related term.
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