Poker Hand Strength
PokerMan Dan
The set of rules on each individual type of poker game may very a little bit from game to game. Regardless of the type of poker game being played there are a few things that should be done regardless of how they game is being played or what set of poker rules are being followed.
One someone decides that they want to learn how to play poker they need to make sure that they understand the deck of cards that is going to be used to play poker with. All poker decks will have 4 different suits in the deck. All of these different suits will have some kind of numerical value on it. The numerical values will be queen, king, jack, ace, and the numbered cards 2 through ten.
Playing poker is a lot like any other card game. The objective is to have the cards that you holding be higher then the cards that the other players at the table are holding. The major difference between poker and other other game of cards out there is that in poker there will be different weaknesses and different strengths in each hand. Lets go through those now.
Royal Flush: In poker there is not a hand that is higher then the royal flush. Since it is the highest hand it is also the hardest hand to get. Quite a few poker players will play their whole lives with never seeing this hand dealt to them. This hand consists of the ace down through the ten and all must be of the same suit.
A Straight Flush: A straight flush is slightly different then the royal flush. The straight flush still consists of 5 suited cards in a row, but they do not have to run ten through ace. It can be any five sequential cards all of the same suit. This hand can only be beaten by a higher straight flush or a royal flush.
A Full House: The full house consists of three cards of the same number along with two cards of the same number. An example of this would be jack, jack, jack, ten and ten. The full house is a very strong hand and is only beaten by a higher full house, straight flush and royal flush. While drawing this hand is not to uncommon don't count on seeing full houses a lot.
A straight: A straight consists of five sequential cards of any suit. An example of this would be the two of clubs, 3 of hearts, 4 of spades, 5 of spades, and 6 of hearts. In poker the strength of a straight is determined by the numerical value of the last of the five sequential cards.
Flush: This hand has all five cards being the same suit. The numerical value only matters in this hand when two players are holding a flush and the winner will be determined by whose flush has the highest numerical value card in it.
A set: The hand called the set is really nothing more then three cards of the same number value. This hand will also sometimes be called trips.
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