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Rank of Poker hands are used to declare the winner of the game and also to break the tie among the player.
A deck consists of 52 cards of 4 different suits. The cards are ranked in the following decreasing order A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2. There is no ranking for the suit of the cards, as all the 4 suits are given equal priority.
The most powerful poker hand is a royal flush. The poker hand generally used to split the pot is highest card in case no player has the dominating hand. Rank of group of cards is considered first and then the rank of individual cards if any tie. In case of tie, if the players have same poker hand ranking then the pot is split among those players.
Top 10 Poker Hand Ranks
Royal Flush
It consists of 5 cards of same suit in the following order; Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10. As all the cards are high cards.They are called as Royal Flush (
A -K-Q-J-10).
Straight Flush
Two are of its kind; Highest Straight Flush and Lowest Straight Flush.. When the top five cards of same suit are in a sequence like J-10-9-8-7. It is called as Highest Straight Flush. When the low five cards of same suit are in sequence like 5 -4-3-2-A. It is called as Lowest Straight Flush.
Four-of-a-Kind
This is also called as Quads. In this, 4 cards are of same rank and 5th card can be of any rank like 5-5-5 -5 -2/6-6-6-6-A.
Full House
When 3 cards among 5 are of same face value/rank and the remaining 2 cards are of same rank, but the rank is different from the previous cards then it is said as Full House;
5-5-5-2-2/4-4-4-3-3 any of this kind.
Flush:
All 5 cards with the same suit are said to be Flush. If 2 sets of Flush exist then each card is compared from top and set with higher rank beats the set with lower rank.
7-4-J-A-2
Straight:
Five cards of same sequence, but may differ in suits are said to be Straight. Ace when present at the top of cards rank high and when present at the low of all cards ranks low.
6-7-8-9-10
Three-of-a Kind:
This is also called as Trips or Triplets. If 3 among 5 cards are of same rank and other 2 cards of any rank and any suit then this set is called as Three-of-a-Kind.
4-4-4-3-2/9-9-9-5-4.
Two Pairs:
Two of five cards of same rank and other two cards of same rank with the last card of any rank and this set of hands are called as Two Pair.
K-K-J-J-9
Pair:
The name itself indicates that a pair of card in five is with same rank/face value and other cards are of any rank and suit.
J-J-A-4-2/K-K-5-4-3.
High card:
The card which do not have any combination of suit or individual card. High card is considered when the players doesn’t have any of the above hands and usually applied when there is comparison of hands among the players, and player with the highest card wins the game.
K-5-2-J-4.
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