Royal Flush The highest possible hand in poker is a royal flush:
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A straight consists of any five cards of two or more suits in sequence of rank, with the ace ranking either high in sequence |
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Straight Flush ranks second highest of all hands and it consists of five cards of the same suit and sequence. Aces ranking either high or low: A-K-Q-J-10 or 5-4-3-2-A |
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or low in the sequence. One does not need to have an ace to have a straight, of course: any five cards in a row will do. It ranks next under flush. |
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Four of a kind is next highest. It consists of the four cards of any one rank together with any fifth card; for example constitute four sevens.
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Three of a kind are any three cards of the same rank plus two other cards which do not constitute a pair and do not include the fourth card of the same rank; the below example woudl be referred to as "three nines." Or “trip nines.” |
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| A full house ranks next; it consists of any three of one kind and any pair of another kind. It is referred to by the three-of-a-kind it contains; the example shown would be "sixes full." |
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Two pair, which ranks next under three of a kind, consists of two cards of one rank, two cards of another rank, and any fifth card which is neither of those ranks; it is referred to by the higher of the two pairs. Thus, this would be would be "Queens up." |
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A flush, ranking next; it consists of any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence, as referred to as a "jack high flush."
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One pair - any two cards of the same rank, together with three other cards which do not combine with the other two to form any of the higher-ranking hands above; below is is a pair of kings. |
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