May 3rd, 2009
A hand of A K Q J 10, all of the same suit, is called a royal flush. For example, A* K* Q* J* 10* is a
royal flush. The odds of being dealt a royal flush in a five-card poker game are 1 in 649,740.
The royal flush is the most powerful hand in poker, and a player may never see it in a lifetime of play. In the extremely unlikely event that two players hold royal flushes, the hand is a tie and the pot is split.
Royal Flush
A K Q J 10
A A A A A
A K Q J 10
STRAIGHT FLUSH
Five other cards of the same suit in numerical sequence, such as Q* J* 10 ♦ 9* 8*, is called a straight flush. That particular example is called a queen-high straight flush, since the queen is the highest ranking card. The straight flush is the second most powerful hand in poker.
Straight Flush
Q J 10 9 8
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Q J 10 9 8
When two straight flushes are in competition for the pot, the straight flush with the highest ranking card wins. Thus, for example, a queen-high straight flush beats out a 10-high straight flush. If two players hold equivalently ranked straight flushes, such as 9* 8+ 7* 6* 5+ and 9v 8v 7v 6v 5v, then the hand is a tie and the pot is split. Suits have no dominance over one another in poker.
The ace can be used as either the highest card in the straight flush (an ace-high hand being a royal flush) or the lowest card, as in A* 2 ♦ 3* 4* 5♦, to be valid. The hand of Q* K* A* 2* 3* is not a straight flush. It's simply a flush.
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May 2nd, 2009
oker is played with a standard 52-card deck containing four suits of thirteen cards each: clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts. The cards are valued in descending order, with the ace being the most powerful It's followed by the king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, and, finally, the deuce or 2, which is the lowest ranked card. The king, queen and the jack are known as picture cards or face cards.
The four suits in poker have no basic value in the determination of winning hands. As you shall see, it is not the value of the individual cards that reign supreme in poker, but the combination of cards which determine the value of a player's hand.
CARD ABBREVIATIONS
I will refer to the cards by the following commonly used symbols: ace (A), king (K), queen (Q), jack (J), and all others directly by their numerical value. Thus, the three will be indicated by (3), nine by (9), and the ten by (10).
RANK OF HANDS: HIGH POKER
Poker is generally played as high poker. Listed here are the relative rankings of hands in descending order, from best to worst. (Note that all poker hands eventually consist of five cards, regardless of the variation played.)
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