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- A straight flush is a hand containing all cards of the same suit and
- in sequential order. A straight flush is the highest hand in poker
- and can be beat only by a higher straight flush . A Royal Flush is a
- straight flush headed by an ace. A player may play for a life time
- and never see a straight flush, let alone be dealt one. Look closely
- at the hands above. It will be a long time before you see another
- like them.
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- Four of a kind is a hand in which a player holds 4 cards of the same
- value. If two players have hands containing 4 of a kind, the player
- having four of the highest kind is the winner, provided of course that
- another player does not have a straight flush. In the above examples
- the hand containing the four Queens beats the hand containing the four
- 6's.
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- A full house is a hand that contains 3 cards of one value and 2 cards
- of another value. If two players hold full houses and no higher hand
- is held by another player, the hand containing the biggest 3 of a kind
- in the full house wins. In the above examples, Aces full beats deuces
- full.
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- A full house is sometimes known as a crowded cabin or a full boat.
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- A flush is a hand containing cards that are all of the same suit, but
- not in sequential order. If two players hold flushes and no higher
- hand is held in the deal, the player having the highest card in the
- flush wins. The King high flush above, for example, beats the eight
- high flush.
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- A straight is a hand containing sequential cards of different suits.
- If two or more straights are held in a given deal and no higher hand
- is present, the straight headed by the highest card wins.
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- Three of a kind is a hand containing 3 cards of the same value. The
- two remaining cards are of no value to the hand. If two players hold
- three of a kind and no higher hand is held, then the player with the
- largest 3 of a kind wins. The three 1O's above beat the three deuces.
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- Three of a kind is commonly referred to as trips in poker lingo.
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- Two pair is a hand containing a pair of cards of one value and a pair
- of cards of another value. If two players hold 2 pair, then the
- highest pair will beat the other hand. If two players have the same
- high pair, then the higher second pair wins. If two players hold 2 of
- the same pairs, then the fifth card is the tie breaker. In the
- example above the A's and 8's beat the J's and 6's.
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- Two pair is a common poker hand and poker is sometimes called a game
- of two pair.
- One pair is a hand containing only two matching cards. If the hand
- comes down to one pair against another one pair, the hand containing
- the higher pair wins. If two players hold the same pair then the
- highest card of the remaining 3 wins. If two hands have the same pair
- and the same high card, then the next high card is the tie breaker,
- and so on.
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- A high card hand is one that contains no pairs and mixed suits. If
- two players hold the same high card, then the next higher card breaks
- the tie and so on. This is the lowest hand in poker and rarely wins.
- Occasionally a hand of 5 card stud will be won by an Ace or King high.
- High card hands will rarely win in 5 card draw and a high card hand
- will win in 7 card stud about as often as straight flushes are dealt.
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