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Poker rules general II

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Poker hands are calculated by the value of the five cards held by the player. While the highest hand is Five of a Kind, there is a gradual succession of card combination giving other hand rankings possible in a poker game. Since there are only four suits, Five of a Kind is possible only when a player has a wildcard in his hand. However, if more than one player has a Five of a Kind hand then the player with the highest value wins. Therefore, since ace is higher than king who is higher than queen and so on, five aces will beat five kings and five kings will beat five queens and so on.

Another hand ranking is Straight Flush where five cards of the same suit occur in order. If the cards have an ace card which is high in the order of ace, king, queen, jack and 10 it is called Royal Flush, otherwise a low hand with ace is also possible when one has cards like 5,4,3,2 and ace (1). If someone has a Four of a Kind, he has four cards of same value in his hand and if more than one player has such a combination, then he who has higher rank wins. If the poker game is being played with wildcards, it is probable that two persons can have same ranked Four of a Kind combination and to break the tie, he who has the high card as his fifth card will win. For a player to have a Full House hand, he must have cards in the arrangement of a Three of a Kind and a Pair. In case there is a tie, then first the rank of the Three of a Kind is determined and then the Pair. For example, someone with king, king, king, 10 and 10 will win over queen, queen, queen, ace and ace, which in turn is the winning combination over queen, queen, queen, jack and jack.