The winner of each poker hand is the player
who 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
rank. Suit is irrelevant.
Example: JC, JD, JH, JS |
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Full House Three cards of one rank
together with two cards of another rank.
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 rank. Example: KH, KD, KC |
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Two Pair Any two cards of one rank
together with two cards of another rank.
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 rank.
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 highest card
wins. |