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RANK OF HANDS
The winning hand is determined by seeing
which hand has the strongest combination of
cards, using any combination of "pocket" cards
and "community" cards. The combinations are
listed here from strongest to weakest hand. Each
combination is illustrated by an example, where
the following abbreviations are used: C - Clubs,
D - Diamonds, H - Hearts, S - Spades; J - Jack,
Q - Queen, K - King, A - Ace.
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Royal Flush
Straight flush from 10 to the ace.
Example: 10S, JS, QS, KS, AS |
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Straight
Flush
Straight with all five cards of the
same suit.
Example: 7D, 8D, 9D, 10D, JD |
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Four of a
Kind
Four cards of the same value. Suit
is irrelevant.
Example: JC, JD, JH, JS |
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Full House
Three cards of one value together
with two cards of another value.
When more than one full house is
competing, the one with the highest
ranking group of three wins.
Example: QH, QS, KD, KC, KH |
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Flush
Five cards of the same suit. When
more than one flush is competing,
the one with the highest card wins.
Example: AS, 5S, 7S, 9S, JS |
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Straight
Five cards in sequence. When more
than one straight is competing, the
one with the highest card wins. An
ace can be taken as either high or
low (but not both high and low in
the same hand).
Example: 8, 9, 10, J, Q; suit
is irrelevant. |
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Three of a
Kind
Three cards of the same value.
Example: KH, KD, KC |
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Two Pair
Any two cards of one value together
with two cards of another value.
When more than one hand has two
pairs of the same rank, the hand
with the highest card outside the
paired cards wins.
Example: JC, JH, QS, QD |
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One Pair
Two cards of the same value. In case
two hands have pairs, the highest
pair wins. When more than one hand
has a pair of the same rank, the
hand with the highest card outside
the pair wins.
Example: 10C, 10S |
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Highest Card
When players have none of the above,
the hand with the |
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