Hands
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Royal
Flush - Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same suit. |
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Straight
Flush - A straight flush is the ultimate natural hand (meaning
no wild-cards are involved). It is a combination of a flush and a
straight. So all the cards are of the same suit, and all are
consecutive. Ranking between straights is determined by the value
of the high end of the straight. A royal flush is a straight flush
that has a high card value of Ace.
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Four of
a kind - Four cards of the same value (such as four jacks or
four 7s) represent the second strongest hand in the game of poker.
It beats everything except a straight flush.
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Full
house - a full house is a combination of three of a kind and a
pair. Meaning all five of your cards are part of a set of either
two or three of the same value. An example hand would be 3 7's and
2 Kings. Ties on a full house are broken by the three of a kind,
as you cannot have two equal sets of three of a kind in a single
deck.
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Flush
- A flush is a hand where all the cards are of the same suit. If
each card you have is all one suit, such as 2 of clubs, 4 of
clubs, 5 of clubs, 8 of clubs, King of Clubs, then you have a
flush. Don't be fooled into thinking a flush is all five cards of
the same color. The high card determines the winner when two
people have a flush.
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Straight
- A straight is a hand in which all of the cards are
consecutive. There is no continuative quality to this poker hand a
straight cannot wrap around (meaning it is not a straight if you
have Queen, King, Ace, Two, Three). Standard poker rules state
that in the case of more than one straight, the higher straight
wins. In the case of straights that tie, the pot is split.
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Three of
a Kind - Any three cards with the same value (ie, a 6 of
clubs, a six of spades, and a six of diamonds) is considered three
of a kind. The highest set of three cards wins.
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Two Pair
- two sets of two cards of equal value constitute a hand that has
two pairs. As usual the pair with the higher value is used to
determine the winner of a tie.
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Pair
- One pair of two equal value cards constitutes a pair.
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High
Card - When the hand you are left with has no pairs, and is
not a straight or a flush, its relative value is determined by the
highest value card. When two players have no pairs, straight, or
flush the winner of the tie is determined by the highest value
card in the hand. If the highest cards tie, the tie is broken by
the second highest card. Suits are not used to break ties.
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