Video Poker Terminology

For better understanding of video poker learn the most frequent terms that can appear in the game.

Ace-High - any hand with an ace.

Ace Full - full house hand with a pair and three aces.

Bankroll - the whole amount of money the player can afford to play with.

Boat - one more term for full house.

Bullet - one more word for an ace card.

Bust - the hand that is useless and doesn't bring any win.

Court Card - three highest cards a jack, queen and king.

Cowboy - one more term for a king card.

Credits - special coins for] video poker.

Deuce - the same as a two.

Draw Poker - 5-card draw poker on which all video poker forms are based.

Face Card - a jack, queen and king.

Fishhooks - one more term for the jacks.

Flat Top - video poker providing a fixed jackpot.

Flush - video poker hand that comprises all cards of one suit.

Four-Flush - video poker hand with four cards of one suit.

Four of a Kind - video poker hand consisting of four cards of one value.

Full House - winning hand which contains three cards of one rank and two of another value.

Full Pay Machine - video poker machine providing the best payoffs, it is usually called a "9/6" machine.

Garbage Hand - video poker hand with bad cards which all are to be replaced.

High Card - one of the hand cards that has the highest value.

Inside Straight - the hand comprising four cards of straight but without inside one needed to form the straight hand.

Jacks or Better - the form of video poker where every gambler must have the combination of two jacks or better to win.

Kicker - single card in the hand of the best rank.

Knave - the second name of a jack card.

Low Pay Machine - video poker machine providing bad payoffs.

One-Gap - the second name of Inside Straight hand.

Outside Straight - video poker hand which contains four cards in sequence without outside one that is to form the straight.

Pair - the hand with two cards of one rank.

Pat Hand - good hand which doesn't need to discard the cards so that all cards are kept.

Pocket Rockets - the hand which contains two aces.

Power Poker - the form of video poker game in which several hands are dealt simultaneously.

Progressive Video Poker - the variation of video poker offering the accumulating jackpot.

Rainbow - the hand which contains four or three cards of different suit.

Royal Flush - best winning hand consisting of a ace, king, queen, jack and ten of one suit.

Run - the second name of a straight hand.

Set - one more word for three of a kind.

Straight - winning hand that comprises any five cards of different suit in sequence.

Straight Flush - winning hand which is the straight of any five cards of one suit.

Three Flush - the hand consisting of three cards of one suit.

Three of a Kind - winning hand with three cards of one rank.

Two Flush - the hand that comprises two cards of the same suit.

Two Pair - winning hand comprising two cards of the one value, two cards of another rank and the kicker card.

Wild Card - the card of the hand that can be discarded to form better hand.