Poker Hands
Poker hand is a combination of 5 cards constructed by a player according to a set of predetermined rules.
The winning hand is the highest hand as compared to a standard hand ranking system adoptd in all variants of the poker game.
Here are the common poker hand categories listed in descending order:
- Straight Flush, a poker hand that contains 5 cards in sequence, all of the same suit.
- Four of a Kind (or Quads), a poker hand that contains all 4 cards of one rank and any other card.
- Full House (or full boat), a poker hand that contains 3 matching cards of one rank and 2 matching cards of another rank.
- Flush, a poker hand where all 5 cards are of the same suit, but not in sequence.
- Straight, a poker hand that contains 5 cards of sequential rank in 2 different suits.
- Three of a Kind (or trips or set), a poker hand that contains 3 cards of the same rank, and 2 other unidentical cards.
- Two Pair, a poker hand that contains 2 pairs, each consisting of 2 cards of the same rank.
- One Pair, a poker hand that contains 2 cards of same rank, in addition to 3 different cards.
- High Card (or no-pair), is a poker hand made of any 5 cards.
