Posted on 08 June 2009 by Steve
The hardest thing about playing poker is learning the poker hands. If you can learn these or have them close to hand then you are 90% of the way there. Here’s a list of the possible hands and how they rank, together with a short definition. If you’re not confident yet why not have this page printed out or open while you play.
Royal Flush
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The daddy of all poker hands, a royal flush is a straight flush involving the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. |
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Straight Flush
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A straight with all the cards in the same suit. |
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Four of a kind
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Four cards of the same rank, for example four Queens. |
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Full House
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A combination of a pair and three of a kind. |
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Flush
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Five cards of the same suit, for example five diamonds. |
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Straight
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Five cards in sequential rank order, for example 8, 9, 10, Jack and a Queen. An ace may be used as both a high and a low card. |
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Three of a kind
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Also called trips, this is where you have three cards of the same rank, for example three sevens. |
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Two Pair
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Two sets of cards of the same rank, for example two queens and two sixes. |
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Pair
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Any two cards of the same rank, for example two Queens. The ranking of pairs mirrors that of the cards in general, so the strongest pair is a pair of Aces and the weakest a pair of 2s. |
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High card
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The highest ranked card is an Ace, and the ranking runs from the Ace down through the picture cards all the way to 2. |
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June 8th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Hey, nice post, really well written. You should write more about this.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:07 am
Thank you for your help!