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Familiarizing yourself with the
hand ranks is the very first thing you should do in order to
learn how to play poker. The player with the highes hand rank
wins!
The following hands are listed from high to low.
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 The highest hand possible in
Poker, consisting of ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the
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 This hand is made of five
consecutively ranked cards of the same suit.
E.G: 2 of
Spades, 3 of Spades, 4 of Spades, 5 of Spades and 6 of Spades.
The highest Straight Flush possible is ace, king, queen,
jack and ten of the same suit. This is known as a Royal Flush.
The lowest straight flush is Five, Four, Three, Two and
Ace all of the same suit. But even this hand will beat any of
the hands that follow: |
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 Four of the same rank of card with
any fifth card. For example - 5 of Spades, 5 of Clubs, 5 of
Diamonds and 5 of Hearts with any other card. The highest
being four Aces and the lowest being four Two's. |
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 A full house is three cards of the
same rank along with 2 other cards of the same rank.For
example - 3 Tens and 2 Sevens.
The highest Full House
known as 'Full Aces' or 'Full House Aces' is when there are 3
Aces along with any other pair. When comparing Full House's
only the rank of the 3 of a rank cards are counted, so 3 Kings
and 2 Threes would beat 3 Queens and 2 Tens. |
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 Any five cards of the same suit
are known as a flush, they do not have to be in any order. For
example Jack of Spades, 8 of Spades, 6 of Spades, 4 of Spades
and 3 of spades.
When comparing flushes, the highest cards
are first compared followed by the second highest and so on,
the flush with the highest high card wins. The highest
possible flush would therefore be Ace, King, Queen, Jack and
Nine of the same suit. |
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 Any five consecutive cards. They
can be a combination of all suits. For example - Queen of
Clubs, Jack of Clubs, 10 of Spades, 9 of Clubs and 8 of Clubs
is classed as a Straight as would be 10 of Spades, 9 of Clubs,
8 of Hearts, 7 of Diamonds and 6 of Spades.
Just like with
a Straight Flush the highest Straight is Ace, King, Queen,
Jack, Ten also known as the 'Top Straight'. The lowest
Straight is Five, Four, Three, Two and Ace and is sometimes
known as a 'wheel'. |
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 Any three cards of the same rank
with any two other cards. For example - Ten of Spades, Ten of
Hearts, Ten of Diamonds, Queen of Clubs and King of
Spades.
The highest possible Triplet would be 3 Aces. Some
players refer to Triplets as Threes or Trips. |
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 Any two cards of the same rank
with any other two cards of the same rank. For example - Two
Tens and Two Eights with any other card.
To determine
which two pair hand is higher, the higher pairs are compered,
then the lower pair . If all pairs are equal then the kicker
(the remaining fifth card) shall determine the winner. |
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 Any two cards of the same rank
with any other 3 cards of different ranks. For example - Two
Eights with any other three cards.
Again, the highest pair
will determine the winner, if pairs are equal the highest
single card is compared, and so on. |
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 A hand without a pair is known as
the "card" high or "no pair". For example, If you had Jack of
Clubs, 9 of Spades, 7 of Hearts, 6 of Diamonds and 2 of Spades
your hand would be called a Jack High.
If no other player
have a pair or rank above then the player with the highest
card wins. If both the highest cards in a round are equal
then the next highest cards are compared and so on until the
best hand is determined. |
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