Winning Poker Hand Ranks

Poker Hand Rankings

Trying to work out the best hadn to go for, or even who's won the game can be frustrating at the best of times. Even some experienced players have troubles figuring out which hand beats which sometimes. To try and ease the confusion surroudning winning poker hands we have provided a guide to the winning ranks of poker hands.

	Royal Flush The highest poker hand available. This hand will beat anything else on the table. As you can imagine, it is extremely hard to get. The hand consists of five cards that are the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit.
	Straight Flush This hand consists of five cards of the same suit in numerical sequence. As our example ehre shows, this can be 7, 8, 9, 10, J of Diamonds. One note aobut this hand is that straights cannot continue after the ace, so a hand of K, A, 1, 2, 3 is not a straight.
	Four Of A Kind This hand is four cards of equal value. Of course these will be in the four different suits.
	Full House This is a hand that has three cards of one value and two different cards of the same value. It is basically having three-of-a-kind and a pair in the one hand. If two players have a ful house in the same game, the winner is the one with the higher three-of-a-kind cards.
	Flush This hand is having five cards of the same suit. The cards don't have to be in any order. If two players have a flush, the player with the highest card wins. if both players have the same highest card, the player with the highest second card wins, and so forth.
	Straight This is a hand of five cards in numerical sequence of different suits. The same rules for two players with a flush apply to two players with a straight in the same game.

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