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 slang:

BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.

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