Video Poker Dictionary

Max Bet: Maximum amount of coins you can play per spin. Normally max bet must be played to qualify for the big jackpot.

Comps or Rewards: return a small percentage of the amount of money that is bet in the form of "comps" such as cash back.

Credits: The coins deposited and accumulated as winnings.

Discard Cards: The cards that you decide not to hold after the initial deal.

Double Up: Some video poker games give the option to double up the bet on a winning hand to double your winnings.

Draw: Set of replacement cards for those cards not held from the original hand dealt.

Edge: The advantage in a game based on mathematical expectation. The house edge means that the house has the advantage to win. And similarly, The player's edge means, the player has the advantage to win the hand.

Expected Return: The average amount of money paid back on a particular play for a particular bet. The Expected Value of a play multiplied by the amount bet.

Expected Value: The statistically projected average per unit bet payback of a particular play. Another way of looking at the EV is the average of all possible outcomes for a particular play or game.

Flush: contains five cards of the same suit, not in rank sequence such as Q♣ 10♣ 7♣ 6♣ 4♣. It ranks above a straight and below a full house.

Four of a Kind: Also known as quads, is a poker hand such as 9♣ 9♠ 9♦ 9♥ J♥, which contains four cards of one rank, and an unmatched card of another rank. It ranks above a full house and below a straight flush.

Full House: a hand such as 3♣ 3♠ 3♦ 6♣ 6♥, which contains three matching cards of one rank, and two matching cards of another rank. It ranks below a four of a kind and above a flush.

Full Pay: The best payout schedule offered for a particular game.

Hand: The five cards, whether dealt or held is considered to be your hand. The cards you are dealt at the start of a game refer your original hand.

Hold: The cards you nominate to keep in any given hand.

Inside Straight: A hand with four of the five cards needed for a straight, but missing one in the middle.

Jackpot: highest payoff for a machine

Kicker: Term for a card used in the Double Double Bonus video poker games. For example, in Double Double Bonus a kicker is considered an ace, duece, three or four and in Double Double Jackpot a kicker is considered a Jack, Queen, King or Ace.

Odds: The likelihood that an event will happen.

Pat Hand: A hand that is complete and cannot be improved after the initial deal such as royal flush, straight, four of a kind or a full house.

Pay Back: The expected return on a video poker game after millions of hands have been played.

Pay Off: The number of coins or credits paid for a particular winning hand.

Pay Table: The list of payouts on a machine. The table shows for each combination and the number of coins bet, how many coins the bettor will win.

Perfect Play: Making every play for the absolute highest Expect

ed Value. Perfect Play is the only way to achieve the maximum payouts on a video poker machine over a period of time by playing each hand mathematically correct and betting maximum.

RNG or Random Number Generator: a computational or physical device designed to generate a sequence of numbers or symbols that lack any pattern.

Royal Flush: Five cards in sequence, all of the same suit, such as Q♣ J♣ 10♣ 9♣ 8♣.

Sequential Royal Flush: A royal flush in numerical order from 10 on the left to ace on the right. Some machines such as Pick'em Poker offer an additional jackpot for this hand.

Straight: Five cards not in the same suit in an unbroken sequence like 7♣ 6♠ 5♠ 4♥ 3♥.

Straight Flush: Five cards of the same suite in consecutive order, such as such as Q♣ J♣ 10♣ 9♣ 8♣.

Strategy Card: A card showing the correct plays for every possible hand on a particular game.

Suit: Any one of the four types of cards. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades.

Three of a kind: A hand containing three cards of the same denomination.(ex:10-10-10-2-3)

Two Pairs: A hand containing any two separate pairs of cards such as J♥ J♣ 4♣ 4♠ 9♥.

Wild Card: A card that can be used to suit for any other card and rank the possessor wishes to.