Full House Poker Ranking System

Poker Hand Ranking from Best to Worst

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A hand in poker consists of 5 cards, including a number of 'core' cards which determine the rank of a hand. Also, if there are less than 5 core cards, a number of side cards often called kickers are added to bring the total number of cards to 5.
For example, in a Three of a Kind hand J-J-J-Q-8, the 3 jokeys are the core cards while Q and 8 are kickers.
In the table below the cards which determine the rank of a hand are marked by a frame, the rest of the cards are kickers.

Royal Flush	A sequence of five cards of the same suit from ace to ten.
Straight Flush	Any sequence of five cards of the same suit.
Four of a Kind	Any four cards of the same rank.
Full House	Any three cards of the same rank combined with any two cards of the same rank.
Flush	Any five non-consecutive cards of the same suit.
Straight	Any five consecutive cards which are not of the same suit.
Three of a Kind	Any three cards of the same rank.
Two Pair	A pair of cards of the same rank combined with another pair of cards of the same rank.
One Pair	Any two cards of the same rank.
High Card	Any other hand.

Please note, that in variants of poker where a player has more than 5 cards available to form a poker hand, the remaining cards don't affect the ranking. Ranks of poker hands are always based on five cards only, and if these cards are equal then the hands are equal and their owners split the pot.

It's easy to determine the winner when only one player at the table has a hand with the highest rank. If this is not the case, the general rule is: first compare the core cards, then, if necessary, the kickers.
For example, if 2 players have a Three of a Kind hands Q-Q-Q-8-6 and J-J-J-Q-8, the first hand wins as the rank of it's core cards is Q which is higher than rank of the second hands core cards J. If the hands were Q-Q-Q-J-6 and Q-Q-Q-J-8, than the second hand wins: its last kicker 8 beats the first hands kicker 6.

Below is a more comprehensive set of rules:

- Straight Flush: a hand whith the card of the highest rank wins.

- One Pair, Three of a Kind, Four of a Kind: compare the ranks of 2 cards forming a pair, 3 cards forming three of a kind or or 4 cards froming four of a kind between hands: the hand with the higher rank wins. If ranks are the same, use the same method as in High Card to compare the remaining cards.

- Full House: the hand with highest rank of 3 cards wins, if these are equal, the hand with highest rank of 2 cards wins.

- High Card and Flush: sort the cards in each compared hand descending by rank, then compare the sorted cards one by one between the hands. The hand which has a card with the highest rank wins.

- Straight: take the card with the highest rank from each compared hand, the hand with a card of highest rank wins.

- Two of a Kind: compare the pairs with the higher rank between hands, if their rank is the same then compare the pairs with the lower rank. If their rank is also the same, than compare the ranks of the kickers.

If it's still impossible to determine the winning hand using the methods above, then the compared hands are equally strong and their owners split the pot.

Beforeyou can start playing poker, you need to understand what hand beatswhat. It's actually quite simple and it is explained here.

In poker, the lowest card is a two, and the higest is an ace. Card have two Important attribute:

Card Rank:The numercial value of the card is called rank and cards are ranked as follows, from lowest to highest:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace

Card Suit: The other important attribute of a card is the card suit which is either diamond, club, heart or spade.

Full House Poker Ranking Systems

Poker hands are made up of a series of 5 cards. Some hands are based on card ranks only, some are based on suit only while others are based on a combination of rank and suit.

Beginners may want to print this poker hand ranking reference card until they are comfortable with all poker hands.

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