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Poker Hands Ranked in Order of Strength
Royal Flush: A, K, Q, J,T of the same suit. There are only four of these possible, one for each suit.
Straight Flush: A hand that has five cards of the same suit in sequence.
Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same rank. The fifth card is irrelevant unless, in Hold'em, the community cards show the four of a kind.
Full House: Three of a kind and one pair. The three of a kind determines the highest full house in the event there is more than one full house in a hand.
Flush: Five cards of the same suit that do not make a straight flush.
Straight: Five cards in sequence but not of the same suit.
Three of a Kind: Three cards of the same rank
Two Pair: Two different pair with one odd card.
One Pair: One pair with three odd card.
High Card: Five cards that cannot make any one of the above hands. In this case, the hand with the highest ranking card is the winner. Example of poker cards dealt, A-9-5-4-3 beats K-Q-9-5-4.
There are 2,598,960 ways to be dealt one particular poker hand in five cards. The following chart shows how it breaks down into all possible poker hands.
Odds of Being Dealt Poker Hands
| Poker Hands |
Odds Against |
| Royal Flush |
649,739 to 1 |
Straight Flush
|
64,973 to 1
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Four of a Kind
|
4,164 to 1
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Full House
|
693 to 1
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Flush
|
508 to 1
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Straight
|
254 to 1
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Three of a Kind
|
46 to1
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Two Pair
|
20 to 1
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One Pair
|
1.25 to 1
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No Pair
|
1.002 to 1.000
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Poker Hand NIcknames:
AA Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines
KK Cowboys, King Kong
QQ Double date, Canadian Aces, Siegfried and Roy
JJ Fish hooks
99 German virgin
88 Snowmen
77 Sunset strip
66 Route 66
55 Speed limit
44 Magnum, Sail boat
33 Crabs
22 Ducks
AK Big slick
AQ Big chick
AJ Black Jack, Jack-ass
KQ Royalty, Marriage
KJ Kojak
J5 Jackson five
Q3 Gay waiter
95 Dolly Parton
A8 Dead man’s hand
(A player named Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 after winning with it!)
K9 Canine
J4 Flat tyre
Poker Chat Lingo:
nh Nice hand
vnh Very nice hand
gg Good going
lol Laugh out loud
tu Thank you
wtf What the f***?
st8 Straight
wp Well played |
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