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Ranking Poker Hands Rule

Neverminding how good you are at other gambling games like online roulette, roulette casino games poker will need a lot more efforts and complicated winning systems from you.

Here you can familiarize with the basic poker hands rule and the list of all poker hands that you should know before playing the real money game. All hands are ranked from the weakest to strongest.

High Card

High Card is the lowest hand, that does not contain no pair of cards, all cards are not in succession and are from the different suit. The rank of the High Card is denoted by the card with the highest rank. In case of the ties the next high cards in the hands are compared to indicate the winner. If it happens that the next cards are also with the same value the third, and fourth and fifth cards are taken into consideration.

Pair or One Pair

One Pair is the hand which contains the paired cards of the same rank while the rest three cards are distinct. As the poker hands rule, the values of two One Pair hands are indicated by the rank of the pair, then by the highest of the rest three cards.

Two Pair

This is the hand which contains two pairs and kicker. Firstly the pairs must be considered when two hands tie then the fifth card matters.

Three of a Kind

Three of a Kind consists of three cards of one rank and two other distinct cards that are not matched (because when they are paired it is Full House instead of Three of a Kind). To indicate the winner among two such poker hands the ranks of three cards are considered. If these cards are from one value two unpaired cards are considered.

Straight

Straight is the hand containing of all the cards in sequence. In Straights the Aces can be both of the low and high rank, : A-2-3-4-5 or 10-J-Q-K-A. When two hands tie the strongest straight is winner, but if the values of two straights are equal the game pot is divided.

Flush

Flush contains all the cards of one suit. Like in case of High Card ties the strongest card in two poker hands denotes the winner.

Full House

This poker hand, as it was mentioned, is the poker hand that has pair and three of a kind. When hands tie according to the poker hands rule three of a kind is considered first and then the pairs are compared.

Four of a Kind

This poker hand contains four cards of one rank and the kicker. The rank of four cards denotes the winner when the hands tie, then the distinct card is taken into account.

Straight Flush

This poker hand has all five cards from one suit (his is flush) that are arranged consecutively (this is straight). In accordance with the poker hands rule, the Ace can also be counted as the high and low card.

Royal Flush

Royal Flush that is the strongest poker hand is in fact the highest straight flush from ten to Ace. So, it is made up of five cards from Ace to 10 all from the same suit which are arranged in sequence: 10-J-Q-K-A, all of the same suit.