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Poker hands, from the best to the worst
Whatever the variant, you'll have to make the best five cards poker hand (eg: Texas Hold'Em, your hole cards are Q2, your opponent has A3, on a KKKK5 board, then your hand is KKKKQ while your opponent has KKKKA, thus giving him the winning hand. Yes, you both have quads, but your hand must comprise 5 cards and your opponent has a better 5 cards poker hand than you). In case of tie, pot is split.
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Straight Flush
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Ten-high straight flush
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A straight flush is made of 5 consecutive cards, all of the same suit.
Between several straight flushes, the one containing the higher top card is higher. Highest straight flush is AKQJT (Royal Flush), lowest is 5432A.
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Four-of-a-Kind
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Quad fours, Queen kicker
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Between quads, highest four-of-a-kind wins. In case both are of the same rank, kicker is used to break ties (Eg: 7777J beats 5555A and 7777Q beats 7777J).
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Full House/Boat
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Tens full of Nines
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A set + a pair.
When comparing fulls, the rank of the set determines which is higher. In case of tie, the rank of the pair would decide (eg: 777JJ beats 666AA and 777JJ beats 777TT).
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Flush
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Queen-high flush
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5 cards of the same suit.
When comparing flushes, the highest card determines which is higher. In case of tie, second highest cards are compared, and so on (eg: QT653 beats J8765 and J8765 beats J8764).
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Straight
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Ace-high straight
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Five consecutive cards of mixed suits.
When comparing straights, the one with the higher top card is the best. Highest straight is AKQJT, lowest is 5432A (called the wheel).
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3-of-a-kind/set/trips
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Trip fives, Ace kicker (then Queen)
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3 cards of same rank.
The higher 3-of-a-kind wins. When 3-of-a-kinds are of same rank, the higher of the two remaing cards is compared, and if those are equal, the lower odd card is compared (eg: 555JT beats 333AK and 333AK beats 333AQ).
In Texas Hold'Em, if you have a pocket pair and board gives you a third card of same rank, you're said to have a set. If there's a pair on board and one of your hole cards is of the same rank, you're said to have trips.
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Two pairs
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Queens over Jacks, Ace kicker
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When comparing hands with two pairs, rank of the higher pair decides wich hand is better. In case of tie, rank of the second pair is used, and if necessary the rank of the kicker (eg: QQ22A beats JJTT4 and JJTT4 beats JJTT3).
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One pair
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Pair of Queens, Kicker Ace
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Two cards of the same rank.
The higher the pair, the better the hand. In case of tie, you will compare the first kicker, then if necessary the second and the third (eg: QQAK8 beats JJAKT and JJAKT beats JJAQJ).
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High Card
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King High
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Five cards which do not form any of the combinations listed above.
The hand with the highest card wins. In case of tie, you will compare second highest cards of each hands, and so on (eg: A543 beats KQJT8 and KQJT8 beats KQJT7).
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