Video Poker 101

Unlike slots, video poker is a beatable game, but there are two key factors to winning at video poker. First, you must know what kind of video poker machine to sit down at. Second, you must use the correct strategy according to that particular game.

Poker talk:

DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.

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