The rank of hands
remains the same no matter which
type of poker game you play.
In a nutshell, a poker hand consists
of five cards. Poker hands fall
into one of several categories,
such as flush, straight, or two
pair. The player whose hand is
in the higher category wins.
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| A royal flush is
an ace high straight.
All of the cards are
in the same suit. |
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| A straight flush
is a five-card straight,
all in the same suit. |
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| Quads, or four of
a kind, are four cards
of equal rank. |
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| A full house, or
full boat, contains
a set (three) cards
of one rank and a pair
of another rank. |
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| A flush is any five
cards, all of the same
suit. |
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| Five cards of sequential
rank. Every possible
straight will contain
either a 5 or a 10. |
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| Three cards of the
same rank. |
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| A two pair is two
cards of one rank and
another two cards of
another rank. |
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| One pair is two cards
of the same rank. |
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Some games are called Hi-Lo
Games (Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and
Omaha Hi-Lo) because to win the
pot, not only do you need to consider
the rank of hands explained above
(Hi) but also the lowest hand
(Lo). The pot is then split between
two winning hands: the high one
and the low one.
We've covered the high hands
above. A low hand is a hand that
contains five different cards
inferior or equal to 8. Ex: A-
2- 4- 7- 8
PartyPoker.com offers two games
where the pot is split between
the best high hand and the best
low hand - Omaha Hi/Lo and 7 Card
Stud Hi/Lo. Hi/Lo games are played
with an 'eight qualifier' for
the low hand, where a player must
have five unpaired cards lower
than eight in order to win the
low part of the pot.
Straights and flushes do not
count toward a low hand, and aces
are treated as the lowest card.
Hands with five cards of equal
rank share the low pot equally,
regardless of suit.
In Hi/Lo games, as played on
PartyPoker.com, the best possible
low hand is a 5-high straight,
called a wheel or a bicycle. Should
two or more players have wheels/bicycles,
the low portion of the pot is
split. All wheels/bicycles are
equal regardless of suit.
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| If nobody gets five
different cards inferior
or equal to eight, then
there is no low hand
and only the highest
hand is taken into consideration
to elect the winner.
There will only be one
winner and the pot won’t
be split. |
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