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Best Poker Hands

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Sept 01, 2006


Poker:


Poker is card gambling game played with a standard pack of 52-card deck. To play poker each card has certain rank from high to low as Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and Ace. The winning or loosing of game exclusively depends upon the rank of the card. There are four suits in the game also but suits have never given any ranks.


Best Hands in Poker:


The poker hand consists of five cards and the rank always based on five cards only. The best hands rank in poker that helps a player to win the game is described in descending order in below:


Royal flush:


This is the highest poker hand. This hand consists of Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 of same suit.


Straight flush:


Five card of the same suit in sequence such as 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 of spade or club etc. But in case there is more than one straight flush, the higher ranked card wins.


Four of a kind:


Four of a kind means four card of the same rank such as four kings. As always-higher ranks are better, so higher of four cards beaten the subsequent four.


Full House:


This hand consists of three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank. The higher ranking card determines the higher house.


Flush:


A hand is called flush when it consists of five cards of the same suit. When comparing two flushes, highest card determines the higher hand. If the highest cards are equal then second highest are considered, and so on.


Straight:


When five cards in sequence but from different suits called straight. Comparing two sequences higher ranking defeat the subsequent. In a straight, Ace can count both as high or low, but not at once.


Three of a kind:


Three card of the same rank and two other different cards consists the three of a kind hand. Here also higher cards defeat the lower. If the two hands are identical on three cards then remaining two cards are taking in to consideration, which is higher.


Two Pair:


Here, there are two distinct pairs of card and a 5th card. When ties occurs highest pair always wins. If both hands have the same high pair, the second pair wins. If both hands have the same pairs, the high card wins.


Pair:


Pair means two cards of same rank. In pair there are two cards of same rank and three different rank cards present. The higher pair wins; if two players have pairs of the same rank the highest of the other three cards are compared.


High card:


When no combination of above listed occurs in hand then highest card is count. Who has possessed the highest degree of the card is win the game. If multiple people tie in high card then next highest card is considered as a winning hand and so on. 


 














 

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