HAND RANKINGS

POKER HAND RANKINGS

ROYAL FLUSH

THE ROYAL FLUSH
Number 1 hand in poker, if you are lucky enough to come accross this hand then, you will not be beaten!. The Royal Flush is 5 cards of the same suit in sequence from ACE-10. So all 5 cards must be the same suit, Hearts (pictured left), diamonds, clubs or spades. But must consist of a ten, jack, queen,king and of course the ace.

STRAIGHT FLUSH

STRAIGHT FLUSH
The second best hand in poker, 5 cards of the same suit, Clubs (pictured left) Spades, Hearts or Diamonds, all 5 cards must also run in sequence the picture runs from 6 to ten but a Straight Flush can run from Ace to 5, 3 to 7 and so on. The best Straight Flush you can get is a Nine running through to a King all the same suit, as a ten running up to a Ace would obviously give you the Royal Flush (above)

FOUR OF A KIND

FOUR OF A KIND
Four cards of the same value, pictured left we have 4 of a kind aces which is the best 4 of a kind you can recieve, 2-2-2-2 obviously being the lowest. The fith card to make up your hand will be 1 of any.

FULL-HOUSE

FULL HOUSE
Next in line is a Full House, simple terms 3 of one and 2 of another. Pictured left is Jacks over fives. The best Full House hand is Aces over Kings (3 aces and 2 kings), the lowest will be twos over threes (3 twos and 2 threes).

FLUSH

FLUSH
A Flush is any five cards made up of the same suit, pictured left we have a Ace high Diamond Flush, otherwise known as "The Nut Flush", The nut flush is an Ace high flush in any suit (Diamonds, Hearts, Clubs or Spades). If your highest flush card is a king then you will have a king high flush, a queen, a queen high flush and so on.

STRAIGHT

STRAIGHT
A Straight is made up of 5 cards different suits but in sequence, pictured left we have a Jack High Straight running from seven to a jack. Now the best straight you can get is from Ten running up to an Ace in different suits. and the lowest is a Ace running up to a Five in different suits.

THREE OF A KIND

THREE OF A KIND.
Pictured left we have Three Of A Kind Kings, So a Three Of A Kind (also known as "Trips" ) is three cards of the same value. The best three of a kind is made up of any 3 Aces and the lowest ranked three of a kind is any 3 Twos.

2-PAIR

TWO PAIR.
Pretty self explanitry really, Two Pair is made up of two different pairs, pictured left we have 2 Aces and 2 Nines. The top ranked two pairs are Ace Ace and King King of any suit. The lowest ranked is Three Three with Two Two of any suit.

PAIR	A PAIR Here we have just one pair so any two cards of the same value, pictured left we have a pair of Kings which is the second highest ranked pair, the top ranked is Ace Ace and the lowest is Two Two.

HIGH CARD

HIGH CARD
If you are unlucky enough not to get at least a pair then the highest card you can make from your 2 hole cards and the 5 community cards will be regarded as the High Card. pictured left is the high card Ace which is the highest ranked.

POKER LANGUAGE

NO LIMIT HOLD'EM RULES

OMAHA RULES

7 CARD STUD RULES

BEGINNER PHASE 1

INTERMEDIATE PHASE 1

****NOW ALL THESE DIFFERENT HANDS AND THEIR RANKINGS MAY SEEM A BIT CONFUSING BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT MOST HANDS ARE WON ON A PAIR OR TWO PAIR, ALTHOUGH YOU WILL SEE THE OTHER HANDS AT SOME STAGE. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT IT WILL ALL COME NATURALLY AND THE HAND RANKINGS WILL COME TO YOU VERY EASY SO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY YOUR POKER****