Glossary of terms used on this site dealing with poker
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| Term | Definition |
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| Vaca |
Cow; usually preceded by la.
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| Valet |
Jack (the card); comes from French. |
| Valle Card |
Any 3, 5, or 7; comes from the game of panguingue, in which those cards have value (which is the meaning of the word valle) and for which other players pay a player who melds them. |
| Value |
As in "bet for value". This means that you would actually like your opponents to call your bet (as opposed to a bluff). Generally it's because you have the best hand. However, it can also be a draw which, given enough callers, has a positive expectation. |
| Variance |
A measure of the up and down swings your bankroll goes through. Variance is not necessarily a measure of how well you play. However, the higher your variance, the wider swings you'll see in your bankroll. |
| Verbal Bet |
Oral bet. |
| Verbal Declaration |
Oral declaration. |
| Vest Holdout |
A kind of holdout machine. A vest holdout is worn under a thief's coat. Also called breastworks. |
| Victory Rip |
1) In a draw game, at the showdown, spreading your hand triumphantly. (It's usually done in the same manner that a blackjack or poker dealer spreads an entire deck fanned face up on the table in front of her. Spreading one's hand in this fashion, by the way, is something of a needle, and is not practiced by a refined player, who, when he has an obvious powerhouse, gently and diffidently turns it face up on the table.) 2) A similar method of showing down in any form of poker. |
| Victory Roll |
Victory rip. |
| Video Poker Machine |
A computerized slot machine (video slot machine) based on draw poker (but not really a form of poker), with card symbols, on which players try to make certain poker hand combinations, a casino game that can sometimes be beaten by skill, the fastest-growing form of mechanized gambling. |
| Vigorish |
House take; time; rake. |
| Village People |
Four queens. |
| Visible Cards |
These are cards dealt face up to each Player. Players use these cards to complete a five-card combination. |














