A POKER PRIMER
Poker is a card game of skill with many forms and variations. Despite the many different types, some basics apply to most poker games; the hand ranking is one such basic. The ranking of hands (without wild cards) is:
1. Royal Flush: AKQJ10 of the same suit (A♠, K♠, Q♠, J♠, 10♠).
2. Straight Flush: Five consecutively ranked cards of the same suit (4♦, 5♦, 6♦, 7♦, 8♦).
3. Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same rank (2♥, 2♠, 2♦, 2♣, X).
4. Full House: Three cards of one rank and two of another (3♣, 3♥, 3♠, 10♦, 10♥). This full house is expressed as “Threes over 10s.”
5. Flush: Any five cards of the same suit (3♣, 7♣, 9♣, 10♣, K♣).
6. Straight: Five consecutively ranked cards of more than one suit (2♦, 3♠, 4♥, 5♣, 6♦).
7. Three of a Kind: Three cards of the same rank (K♣, K♠, K♦, X, X).
8. Two pair: Two cards of one rank and two cards of another rank (3♣, 3♥, J♦, J♠, X).
9. One pair: Two cards of the same rank (9♠, 9♣, X, X, X)
10. High Card (K♣, X, X, X, X).
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