Poker Hand Rankings:
Royal flush
Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same suit.
Straight Flush
Straight with all five cards in the same suit.
Four of a kind is next highest. It consists
of the four cards of any one rank together with any fifth card; for example
constitute four sevens.
A full house ranks next; it consists of
any three of one kind and any pair of another kind, such as
It is referred to by the three-of-a-kind it contains; the example shown would
be "sixes full."
A flush, ranking next; it consists of any
five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence, as referred to as a "jack
high flush."
A straight consists of any five cards of
two or more suits in sequence of rank, with the ace ranking either high in
sequence
or low in the sequence. One does not need to have an ace to have a straight,
of course: any five cards in a row will do.
It ranks next under flush.
Three of a kind are any three cards of the
same rank plus two other cards which do not constitute a pair and do not include
the fourth card of the same rank;
would be referred to as "three nines." Or “trip nines.”
Two pair, which ranks
next under three of a kind, consists of two cards of one
rank, two cards of another rank, and any fifth card which
is neither of those ranks; it is referred to by the higher
of the two pairs. Thus,
would be "Queens up."
One pair - any two cards of the same rank,
together with three other cards which do not combine with the other two to
form any of the higher-ranking hands above:
is a pair of kings.
For more information on poker hand rankings we recommend Ranking the Hands
