by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

May 15, 2007

Introduction:

Poker is a game in which each player gets 5 cards it is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. The cards are ranked from high to low in the order Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2. Aces are always given the highest order high. Aces are valued much more than Kings which are worth more than Queens which are worth more than Jack, and so on. The cards are also separated into four suits. The winner is decided according to the combination of cards. The player who gets the best combination of all wins. The following combinations are given below:

Starting with the strongest:

Royal flush:

10, J, Q, K, A of the same suit, this is the strongest hand in all of poker.

Straight flush:

Series of any 5 consecutive cards of the same suit

4 of a kind:

4 cards of the same rank having any hand, the fifth card does not matter.

Full house:

A hand that consists of three cards of the same rank and two other cards of the same rank. In other words, a full house is a three-of-a-kind with a pair. A full house is referenced as the three cards “full of” the pair.

Flush:

When the hand has five cards of the same suit. The rank of the cards doesn’t matter, so long as they are all the same suit. If two players have a flush, then the player with the highest card of that suit wins the hand. If the highest cards are equal, move to the second, then to the third, etc.

Straight:

Five cards of sequence in any suit. If two players have straights, the straight with the highest card wins.

Two pair:

Equally ranked cards of two pairs.

Pair:

Equally ranked two cards.

High card:

A hand that doesn’t form any of the following combinations given above. When comparing two of the hands, whichever player has the highest card is crowned the winner.

In hands where the combinations are the same that is if two players have for example 3 Kings, then the tie is broken with the kicker, the next highest card. Which ever player has the higher kicker is the winner of the hand. If two players have the exact same five cards, the pot is split and the pot is equally divided between the players.

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