POKER HAND RANKING
Hand ranking is all about placement of a card’s in order from best to worst. The standard hand rankings for the most common poker variations are, in order from highest to lowest i.e. Royal Flush, Any Straight Flush Lower than a Royal Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, and High Card.
Royal Flush
- Royal flush: cards consisting of the ace, king, queen, jack and ten of a suit.
- Card combinations which has the best possible straight flush is known as a royal flush, which consist of the ace, king, queen, jack and ten of a suit. A royal flush is an unbeatable hand.
Straight Flush
- Straight Flush: Five cards in numerical order, all of similar suits.
- In case of tie highest rank at the top of the sequence wins.
Four of a kind
- Four of a Kind: A hand containing four cards of one rank, and an unmatched card of another rank.
- In case of tie highest four of a kind wins. In community card games where players have the same four of a kind, the card with highest rank wins which is also called as kicker.
Full House
- Full House: A hand which contains three of a kind and a pair of different cards with same rank.
- In case of tie when multiple players have full house then the three of a kind with highest card value is the winner.
Flush
- Flush: Five cards of the same suit i.e. diamonds, hearts, spades, or clubs.
- In case of tie the player having the highest ranked card wins. If necessary, the second-highest, third, fourth and fifth can also be used to break the tie. If all five cards are of the same ranks, then the pot is split. The suit by itself is never used to break a tie in poker.
Straight
- Straight: A hand which consist of cards with consecutive values.
- In case of tie the highest rank at the top of the sequence wins
Three of a kind
- Three of a kind: A hand containing three cards of the same rank, and two unrelated side cards.
- In case of tie three of a kind having highest ranking wins. In community card games where players have the same three of a kind, the highest side card, and if necessary the second-highest is also considered.
Two pairs
- Two pair: A hand consisting of a pair of cards with same rank, another pair with different rank and a kicker.
- In case of tie the one who has the highest rank of all the pairs, wins .If both the players have same highest pairs the second highest pair wins. If necessary the kicker is compared when both players have two identical pairs.
One Pair
- One pair: A hand consisting two cards of a matching rank, and rest of the three side cards of different ranks.
- In case of tie the highest pair wins. If players have the same pair, the highest side card wins, and if necessary, the second-highest, third and fourth side card can also be used to break the Tie.
High Card
- High card: A hand whose ranking is decided completely on the basis of the highest card value held when it does not have a pair, two pair, three of a kind, a straight, a flush, a full house, four of a kind, or a straight flush.
- In case of tie highest card wins, and if necessary, the second-highest, third, fourth and smallest card can be used to break the tie..
