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Poker 120: Winning Poker Hands |
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This course explains how to determine who has the winning poker hand after all the betting is done. The first step to determine the winning hand is to take a look at all the players' cards. For this course we are assuming a standard five-card poker hand. The player with the highest-ranking poker hand wins. Cards can have one of the following ranks in ascending order: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace. The suit of a card will be either Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs or Spades. |
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If there is a tie the pot is usually split equally among the winning hands. In a five-card game a sixth card is never used to break a tie. |
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Folding means a player throws in their hand and gives up playing that round. If all other players fold the last remaining player wins. A player who folds does not need to show their cards at the end of the hand. |
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The winning poker hands are listed below in descending order of rank (for a detailed description of each hand see Poker 112: Poker Hands): |
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Five Of A Kind - 5 cards of the same rank, only possible with wild cards
Royal Flush - Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of the same suit
Straight Flush - Five cards of the same suit in sequence
Four Of A Kind - Four cards of equal rank
Full House - Three cards of equal rank and two different cards of equal rank
Flush - Five cards of the same suit
Straight - Five cards in sequence regardless of suit
Three Of A Kind - Three cards of equal rank
Two Pair - Two cards of equal rank and two different cards of equal rank
Pair - Two cards of equal rank
High Card - Any five cards not fitting one of the above ranks, Ace is the highest-ranking high card, two is the lowest |
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