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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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