The five cards of the hand can create ten different combinations.
They have the following rank (beginning from the lowest and
ending with the highest):
| High card |
This is the lowest hand you can
have. It has no combinations, and its value is estimated
by the highest card. |
| One pair |
One pair is two cards of the same rank (e.g.
two Jacks). The color has no importance. The rest of the
hand consists of three different cards. |
| Two pairs |
Four cards which creates two pairs (e.g.
two Kings and two 9s), and one card. |
| Three of a kind |
Three cards of the same rank and two different
cards which do not fit in. (Three of a kind is also called
Trips) |
| Straight |
A Straight is when you have five cards that
match each other in sequence. The cards do not have to be
in the same color! The value of a Straight is estimated
by the highest card in the sequence. Frequently, it is permitted
that a Straight continues after the Ace, e.g. a sequence
beginning with a Queen and ending on three (Queen, King,
Ace, two, three). Consequently, the highest card in this
Flush is three. |
| Flush |
Flush is a hand of the same suit. If two
players have a Flush, the player with the highest card wins.
If the players’ highest cards are equal, the height
of the next card decides, etc. |
| Full House |
Full House consists of three of a kind and
a pair. If two players have a Full House, the player with
the highest Trips wins (e.g. a hand of three 8s and a pair
of Jacks win over three 6s and a pair of Aces). The pair
in Full House has no significance in the comparison. |
| Four of a kind |
Four cards of the same rank. The highest
combination wins (Aces being the highest; 2s the lowest).
(Four of a kind is also called Quads) |
| Straight Flush |
The next best hand in Poker is Straight Flush.
It consists of a sequence of five cards of the same suit.
Once again, the value of the highest card decides who wins.
If two players have equally high Straight Flushes, the one
with the highest value of the suit wins. The rank of the
suits is the following (beginning with the highest and ending
with the lowest):
- Spades
- Hearts
- Diamonds
- Clubs |
| Royal Straight Flush |
This hand is the supreme in Poker. It consists
of the five highest cards of the same suit; Ace, King, Queen,
Jack and 10. As in Straight Flush, the value of the suit
decides who wins if two players should have Royal Straight
Flush. |
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