Video Poker Strategy Games & Terms at gamerisms

Video Poker Strategy Games and terms completes video poker gamerisms.
This part of the glossary includes these distinctive terms: Penalty Card, Quad, Rainbow, Trips and X.

Video Poker Strategy Games: P

• 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.
• Payout: 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. Example=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. Example=Jacks+ full house=9 for 1 coin, 18 for 2, 27 for 3, 36 for 4 and 45 for 5 max. coin bet.
• Payout Table Example of Jacks+ at Video Poker Strategy Games below:
• Pair--Jacks or Better=returns the bet.
• Two pair (2 pr)=pays 2-1
• Three-of-a-kind (3/kind)=pays 3-1
• Straight (st) (sequence, not same suit)=pays 4-1
• Flush (fl) (non-sequential, same suit)=pays 6-1
• Full house (fh) (3 of a kind and pair)=pays 9-1
• Four-of-a-kind (quad)=pays 25-1
• Straight flush (sf) (in seq., same suit)=pays 50-1
• Royal flush (rf)=pays 250-1--except with max. coins, pays 4000.
  
• Penalty Card: term for card received on the initial deal that, if discarded, would decrease the odds of drawing flushes or straights. Example=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 VP: 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: VP 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 Strategy Games & Terms: Q - R

• Quad: jargon for four-of-a-kind.
• Rainbow: jargon for several cards of different suits.
• 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 or 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).  Example=Joker royal and/or Deuces royal.
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Video Poker Strategy Games & Terms: S - T

• Short/Partial Pay Tables: return fewer coins than a full-pay VP for certain hands. Example=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. Example=4-5-6-7-8.
• Straight Flush (sf): sequence of 5 cards of the same suit. Example=All clubs 4-5-6-7-8.
• Strategy: learned technique/methods of playing individual hands determined by the VP paytable and version.
• Strategy Card: hand-held printed card used to play individual hands of VP games. Recommended by video poker strategy games and terms at gamerisms.
• Suit: four suits comprise a non-wild deck of 52 cards: clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds. 
• Super Aces VP/All Aces Online: four aces pays 2000. No kicker required. Super, indeed!
• 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.
• Three of a Kind (3/kind): hand with 3 cards of the same denomination. Example=AAA.
• Trips: jargon for three-of-a-kind. Example=AAA.
• Two Pairs (2pr): hand with two pairs. Example is AA22.
  

Video Poker Strategy Games & Terms: V - Z

• VP Tournament: promotional event where players vie for cash prizes by racking up the 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.
• Wild Royal: hand with a wild card(s) to form a royal flush. Example=Deuces or Joker.
• Winning Hand: any hand where you receive credits. Example=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. coin return is calculated at 5X single coin bet. Example: Jacks+ full house =9X5=45 coin win.
  

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