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Video Poker
Terminology, Jargon, Slang,
Vocabulary.
- Boat - Another name for a full house.
- Catching Cards - Getting favorable
cards.
- Cowboys - Kings.
- Fishhooks - Jacks.
- Flush - Five cards of the same suit.
- Four of a Kind - Four cards of the
same rank.
- Full House - A hand consisting of
three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank.
- Joker - (Also, Wild Card) A card
that can be labelled whatever suit and rank the possessor wishes to.
- Ladies - Queens.
- Max Bet - The maximum amount of
coins that you can play per spin. It is of the most importance when
playing progressive slots because usually the max bet must be played
to qualify for the big jackpot.
- Progressive Jackpot - The big jackpot
that grows progressively as people play. For each spin/hand played
the machine adds a small credit to the running jackpot total. Sometimes
several machines are linked up together to form a combined large jackpot,
and also several casinos may join together to form an inter-casino
progressive jackpot that can generate very large sums.
- Quads - Four of a kind.
- Rainbow - Three or four cards of
different suits.
- Royal Straight Flush - An ace high
straight flush. Also called a Royal Flush, or simply a Royal.
- Straight - Five cards of consecutive
ranks or in sequence.
- Straight Flush - A hand consisting
of five cards of consecutive ranks and of the same suit.
- Suit - Any one of the four types
of cards: clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades.
- Trips - Three of a kind.
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