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Video Poker Machine Talk Part13
Soft hand: A hand at blackjack where the ace can be used as 11.
Split: To make two hands from a pair at blackjack.
Spooning: Sticking a spoon into a slot machine to get it to pay off. Doesn't work on new machines.
Spot: The number on a keno ticket that has been "X"-ed out for betting purposes.
Spread: The difference between the minimum and maximum bets a player makes.
Squares: A game or player that is honest. "This game is on the square."
Stand: To keep the cards you have. Not to draw any more cards.
Steaming: A player who is visibly upset and is playing recklessly.
Stiff: In blackjack, a total of 12 through 16. Also, not to tip a cocktail server.
Straight: Five cards in sequence.
Straight Flush: Five cards of the same suit in sequence.
Straight Ticket: A keno ticket that has only one wager and that involves the selection of from one to 15 different numbers.
Stringing: A method of cheating whereby a coin or slug suspended on a string is introduced time and again ino a machine in order to get free play.
Surrender: A blackjack option where the player may give up half his bet. Player loses full bet if the dealer has a blackjack, however. Sometimes known as late surrender.
Supersystem: The method of play developed by the Captain for long-term play at craps. Divided into the classical and radical supersystems. Can't be used in video craps.
Sweat: Casinos who are upset by players winning are said to "sweat" out their games. Also, a player who is losing and is worried.
Swing Shift: The shift that runs from 6 PM to 2 AM.
Take the Edge: Giving yourself an edge at a game—usually by cheating. A player can take the edge at certain video-poker games and video-blackjack games.
Taking the odds: To put the odds behind a Pass Line or a Come bet. Usually canot be made at video craps.
Tapped Out: To lose one's entire bankroll.
Three Flush: Three cards to a flush.
Three of a Kind: Having three cards of the same denomination. Three Straight: Three cards to a straight.
Tight machine: A slot machine that is not paying back a good percentage. A machine that a player is losing at.
Tilting: Any physical manipulation of machine during play in order to influence the outcome.
Toke: A tip to a casino employee.
Tom: Casinoese for a poor tipper.
Tough Out: The Captain's term for a skilled player who doesn't beat himself.
Triple Odds: The placing of three times one's original bet in odds behind the Pass Line or Come bets. Usually not available at video craps.
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Video Poker Machine Talk Part12
Running Count: In blackjack, the raw count that has not been divided (or multipled) by the number of decks remaining.
Rush: A quick winning streak.
Scam: Any scheme to defraud a casino or player.
Scared Money: Money a player can't afford to lose. Also known as perspiration pennies.
Secondary Decision Programming: A type of programming that allows the computer to stop a hand that is about to be dealt in favor of a different hand. This is done to prevent big winning hands from appearing their theoretical number of times. One of the methods used for cheating or "fixing" a video-poker machine to have it perform as a slot machine. Also called variable programming.
Serial Dealing: In video poker the cards will be dealt as they come off the top of the deck. When you discard a card, the replacement card has not already been selected but will be the next card off the top of the deck. This is the opposite of parallel dealing.
Session: A given period of play at a casino. Usually terminated at a predetermined time, or at a certain level of wins or losses.
Seven Out: For a shooter at craps to roll a seven before repeating his point number.
Shift Boss: The individual in charge of the casino during a given work shift.
Shoot: To roll the dice.
Shooter: The person who rolls the dice. In video craps, it's the machine's programing that rolls the "dice."
The Short End: The side of a bet that has to pay off less than it will win.
Short Odds: Less than the true odds payoff of a bet.
Short Run: The limited amount of time during any given session when probability theory will seemingly be skewed by streaks or fluctuations.
Shuffle up: Technique used to thwart card counters. Dealer will shuffle after every deal or when a player enters a game and bets big money. Can't be employed at video blackjack.
Single-Deck Blackjack: The best game in the casino if the rules are standard. Most video-blackjack games are single-deck games.
Single Odds: The ability of a player to place an amount equal to his Pass Line or Come bet in odds that will be paid off at the true odds for the number. Usually not avilable at video craps.
Sleeper: A winning bet at craps that the player has forgotten about. Quite often the player will leave a table and the bet will remain until it is lost or some player or dealer takes it. Sleeper bets can be found on machines when players fail to cash out their credits at the end of play
Slot Arcade: A casino devoted exclusively to slot machines and video-poker machines.
Slot Floor: Areas devoted to slot machines in a casino.
Slot Mix: Slot machines and video-poker machines of different denominations and of different percentages in the slot area.
Slug: A group of cards that have been prearranged in a given order. Also, a piece of rounded metal inserted into a slot machine that mimics a coin.
Snake Eyes: The two at craps.
Snapper: An archaic term for a blackjack. A red snapper is a blackjack composed of two red cards.
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