The winner of each poker hand is the player who has the strongest combination of cards, using any combination of "pocket" cards and "community" cards. The combinations are listed here from strongest to weakest hand. Each combination is illustrated by an example, where the following abbreviations are used:

C - Clubs, D - Diamonds, H - Hearts, S - Spades; J - Jack, Q - Queen, K - King, A - Ace.

royalflush

Royal Flush
Straight flush from 10 to the ace. Example: 10S, JS, QS, KS, AS.

straightflush

Straight Flush
Straight with all five cards of the same suit. Example: 7D, 8D, 9D, 10D, JD.

fourofakind

Four Of A Kind
Four cards of the same rank; the suit is irrelevant. Example: JC, JD, JH, JS.

fullhouse

Full House
Three cards of one rank together with two cards of another rank. When more than one full house is competing, the one with the highest ranking group of three wins. Example: QH, QS, KD, KC, KH.

flush

Flush
Five cards of the same suit. When more than one flush is competing, the one with the highest card wins. Example: AS, 5S, 7S, 9S, JS.

straight

Straight
Five cards in sequence. When more than one straight is competing, the one with the highest card wins. An ace can be taken as either high or low (but not both high and low in the same hand). Example: 8, 9, 10, J, Q; the suit is irrelevant.

threeofakind

Three of a Kind
Three cards of the same rank. Example: KH, KD, KC.

twopair

Two Pair
Any two cards of one rank together with two cards of another rank. When more than one hand has two pairs of the same rank, the hand with the highest card outside the paired cards wins. Example: JC, JH, QS, QD.

pair

One Pair
Two cards of the same rank. In case two hands have pairs, the highest pair wins. When more than one hand has a pair of the same rank, the hand with the highest card outside the pair wins. Example: 10C, 10S.

highcard

Highest Card
When players have none of the above, the hand with the highest card wins.

 

 

 

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