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						Poker Hand Rankings
 by Jerry "Jet" 
						Whittaker
 Sept 25, 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.
 
						
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
						
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