Casino Glossary

• Double Inside Straight Flush

  Video Poker

  Three cards for a straight flush with two inside gaps, e.g. 965 of clubs.

• Hold Button

  Video Poker

  The button a player presses to keep, rather than discard, a card.

• Outside Straight or Straight Flush

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  A straight draw that can be completed with cards of two ranks. E.g. either a 7 or a 2 will make 6543 a straight. An outside straight flush also requires that the card be of the same suit as the other four cards.

• Dirty Royal

  Video Poker

  A royal flush made with one or more wild cards. This pays less than a natural one without wild cards.

• Trips

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  A 3 of a kind made using one hole (hidden) card and two community cards on the board. Differs from a set.

• Maximum Payout

  Video Poker

  The highest amount paid out, available only by making the maximum bet. An incentive offered by the casino to encourage larger bets.

• Four Card Straight

  Video Poker

  Four cards that can potentially make a straight, either inside (e.g. J1087) or open ended (e.g. J1098).

• Two Pair

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  A poker hand containing two different pairs and another, non-matching card. Beats one pair and no pair.

• Progressive

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  A jackpot that grows with each bet placed on the machine or machines (if it is a linked jackpot). When it is won, it goes back to a preset amount and the process starts again.

• Discards

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  Cards that have been used and are no longer in play. In video and draw poker, cards that have been replaced in the hope of improving a hand. 

  Examples:

  Is there a program that tracks Caribbean Stud Poker discards?

  You need to put the discards on a tray before you get any replacements.

  In brick-and-mortar casinos, the discard tray often has a red glass filter that allows dealers and the casino security staff to spot the marked cards.

  I always keep an eye on the pile of discards, just in case.

  It is impossible to count cards when the dealer puts discards back into the shuffle.

  The outcome of the game is based on the player decision to keep or discard cards.