A poker hand consists of five cards. The categories of hand, from highest to lowest, are listed in the chart below. Any hand in a higher category beats any hand in.
The suit itself is never used to break a tie in poker. Straight: Five cards in sequence. Straight. In the event of a tie: Highest ranking card at the top of the sequence.
As all suits are equal, all royal flushes are equal. In games where a player has more than five cards and selects five to form a poker hand, the remaining cards do not play any part in the ranking. Four cards of the same rank - such as four queens. Finally, if both pairs are the same, the odd cards are compared, so Q-Q beats Q-Q Five cards which do not form any of the combinations listed above. If the highest cards are equal the second cards are compared; if they are equal too the third cards are compared, and so on. When comparing hands with two pairs, the hand with the highest pair wins, irrespective of the rank of the other cards - so J-J beats because the jacks beat the tens. Five cards of the same suit in sequence - such as J- 9- 8- 7. This combination is sometimes known as "quads", and in some parts of Europe it is called a "poker", though this term for it is unknown in English. An ace can be counted as low, so 5- 4- 3- 2- A is a straight flush, but its top card is the five, not the ace, so it is the lowest type of straight flush. Between hands in the same category the rank of the individual cards decides which is better, as described in more detail below. A plastic wallet sized Poker Card Ranking card is available at F.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} The cards cannot "turn the corner": 4- 3- 2- A- K is not valid. Poker ranks are always based on five cards only. It consists of ace, king, queen, jack and ten, all in the same suit. For example beats A-A. If the threes of a kind were equal, the rank of the pairs would decide. There is no ranking between the suits - so for example the king of hearts and the king of spades are equal. In a hand with two pairs, the two pairs are of different ranks otherwise you would have four of a kind , and there is an odd card to make the hand up to five cards. When comparing two sequences, the one with the higher ranking top card is better. When comparing full houses, the rank of the three cards determines which is higher. The fifth card can be anything. So A-J beats A because the jack beats the ten. This is the highest poker hand. When comparing two such hands, the one with the better highest card wins. The categories of hand, from highest to lowest, are listed in the chart below. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}There are 52 cards in the pack, and the ranking of the individual cards, from high to low, is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Between two fours of a kind, the one with the higher set of four cards is higher - so A is beaten by It can't happen in standard poker, but if in some other game you need to compare two fours of a kind where the sets of four cards are of the same rank, then the one with the higher fifth card is better. Any hand in a higher category beats any hand in a lower category so for example any three of a kind beats any two pairs. Between two straight flushes, the one containing the higher top card is higher. A poker hand consists of five cards. If the higher pairs are equal, the lower pairs are compared, so that for example beats K. This consists of three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank - for example three sevens and two tens colloquially known as "sevens full" or more specifically "sevens on tens". A pair is two cards of equal rank. Five cards of mixed suits in sequence - for example Q- J- 9- 8.