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Vaca

Cow; usually preceded by la.
Usage: If a player says "Vaca vaca" to a floor person (or another player), it generally means, "Do you want to go half and half with me in this game?"

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.

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