Action – this relates to the total amount of money you’re using to wager on each Video Poker round.
Credit – the total amount of money sitting in your account, ready to play on a Video Poker game.
Discard – the cards that you want to remove from your hand after the first round of cards have been dealt with. Simply click on the cards that you want to discard. You will receive new cards in their place when you hit the deal button for the second time.
Draw – Draw cards are the names of the replacements that are dealt in after you discard cards from the original playing hand.
Hold – Holding is when you keep a card or cards from the original hand. These are the cards that you think might make up a winning hand after you click deal for the second time.
Face card – These are the cards featuring character images such as Jack, Queen, and King.
Ace-high – This is counted when a player holds an Ace without any pairs or low-ranking hands, and so the Ace-High is considered the highest hand at that moment.
House edge – Typically expressed as a percentage that dictates the advantage a casino has over a player for the long-term time of the game.
Max bet – Click this to instantly maximize the coin level to reach the top ‘bet per round’ value. Some games require this to be active to win the top prizes, e.g. the Royal Flush premium payout in games such as Jacks or Better.
Multi-hand – Some Video Poker games allow you to play multiple poker hands per betting round to maximize your winning potential.
Pay table – The payout table gives you all the possible poker hands and their corresponding payout values in terms of coins; here, you can see what you might win compared with one coin to the maximum coin playing level.
Pat hand – This relates to a poker hand that cannot be improved upon after the first round, such as landing a Royal Flush straight off the first deal.
Pay back – The amount of money you would expect to receive when playing the game, in terms of a percentage ratio.