Poker hands

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The most important aspect of poker is the Poker Hand, if you don't know what poker hands value is then you are going to be struggling.
Admittedly there is lots of skill and strategys to win at poker but fundamentally it is down to the hand you have in many cases!

Poker Hand Rankings Strongest hands at the top the weakest at the bottom
Poker Hand											What cards made up from (A=Ace, K=King etc)
Royal Flush											A, K, Q, J, 10 all the same suit
Straight Flush											5 cards of the same suit in order. e.g. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
4 of a Kind											4 same cards in different suits. E.g. 3, 3, 3, 3
Full House											3 of a kind plus 1 pair. E.g. 6, 6, 6, K, K
Flush											5 cards in the same suit but not in any order. E.g. 2, 4, 5, 8, K (all hearts)
Straight											5 cards in order but not of the same suit
3 of a Kind											3 same cards in different suits. E.g. Q, Q, Q
2 Pair											2 different pairs. E.g. 2, 2, J, J
Pair											2 cards the same. E.g. 9, 9
High Card											When you have no pairs or flush the highest card in the hand is used to determine how strong the hand is. If no players have any other combination above, the one with the highest card wins
											The following 2 Poker hands are only available if wild cards are being played.
Wild Royal Flush											Same as a Royal Flush but at least one of the cards a wild card. E.g. 10, wild, Q, K, A
Five of a Kind											5 same cards in different suits. E.g. 3, 3, 3, 3, wild
The Poker hands listed above are arranged with the strongest poker hand at the top with the weakest poker hand at the bottom

Learn Poker
Although poker is a game that can be easily picked up it can take a while to master all the different techniques and strategys to playing it. Anyone starting out must learn the Poker Hands rankings.
You need to be able to know that a full house beats a flush and that 3 of a kind is better than 2 pair.

If you are playing online then it is relatively simple to keep check on which poker hand beats what as you can keep this site open in the background for easy reference to the poker hand rankings table above.

If you are playing offline this is not as easy to do so it is worth taking some time to learn the rankings. All you need to do is jot down the poker hands in order and keep having a look at it.

The thing with poker is that once you get into it there are so many other things you can be thinking about and strategys to play or work out that the poker hands should come as second nature to you.

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