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Four of a Kind – is a hand of 4 cards of the same number and of different suits and one unmatched card. The higher the cards the better the hand, and so if 2 or more players have a four of a kind hand the player with the higher cards wins over the lower card four of a kind.
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Full House – a full house is where you have 3 cards the same rank and different suit and 2 cards the same rank and different suit. With this hand the cards that are higher in the set of 3 cards wins and so for example 7,7,7,2,2 beats 5,5,5,King,King.
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An example of a Full House
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Flush – a flush is a set of 5 cards all of the same suit but not in sequence. Higher cards within the flush hand beats a lower hand of flush cards. For example all hearts Jack,8,4,2,Ace would beat all clubs 9,7,5,3,Ace. The flush is described by their highest card and so a Jack flush or a Queen high flush for example.
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An example of a Flush
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Straight – is a hand where all the cards are of different suits but go in sequential order. Two Straight hands are ranked by the highest cards of each and so 8,7,6,5,4 (all of different suits) beats 5,4,3,2,Ace (all of different suits).
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An example of a Straight
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Three of a Kind – is a poker hand that has 3 cards of the same rank and of different suits and 2 unmarked cards for example 4,4,4,King,Ace. The higher the cards of the 3 set wins, and so the previous hand would beat 2,2,2,King, Ace. If the 3 set of 2 hands are the same value the next highest card of the unmarked cards wins.
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An example of 3 of a Kind
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Two Pair – has 2 pairs in a hand and one unmarked card. For example you have 2,2,5,5,King. If 2 hands has a 2 pair the highest pair cards wins the hand. If 2 players have the same highest pair then it goes to the second pair, if that pair is the same for both pairs then the highest unmatched card is the winner.
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An example of 2 Pair
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One Pair – consists of a hand with one pair with 3 unmatched cards. Higher ranking pair will beat a lower ranking pair. If 2 hands have the same ranking of their pair the winner is decided on the kicker cards depending who has the highest card.
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An example of 1 Pair
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High Card – is a hand sometimes called ‘no pair’ or ‘nothing’. This hand has no sequential cards and no pairs of different suits. If 2 players have a high card hand the highest ‘high card’ wins the hand. If these cards are the same it carries on down the line to see who has the winning hand.
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An example of a High Card
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