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Understanding the different poker hand rankings is an important part of learning how to play the game of poker. Learning all about which is a stronger hand in the game of poker is vital to a player’s success in the game. After all, a player needs to know what to aim for in the game with regards to the cards and different possible outcomes. Listed below are the different hand rankings in the poker game, with the highest hand noted first.

Royal Flush

A royal flush is the strongest hand in the game of poker and involves a 5 card sequence running from ten to Ace all in the same suit. This means that any poker player with a 10, J, Q, K and Ace would be happy to achieve such a hand.

Straight Flush

A hand with a straight flush involves a run of 5 cards in sequence in the same suit. The difference between this hand and a royal flush is that this hand is without the royal cards. For example a straight flush could be 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 all of the same suit.

Four of a Kind

As its name suggests, a four of a kind contains four cards of the same type or denomination, such as four tens.

Full House

This hand contains three cards of the same type together with two other cards of the same type as each other. An example of a full house would be 3 sevens together with 2 queens.

Flush

This hand contains five different cards that are all in the same suit but not in sequence. As an example, this could be a three, seven, ten, jack and king that are all of the suit hearts.

Straight

This poker hand makes use of five cards that are in sequence. In a straight, the cards do not need to be of the same suit.

Three of a Kind

This poker hand is one that includes three cards of the same type. For example, this could be 3 eights and two other unrelated cards.

Two Pair

This hand involves two different sets of pairs of cards of the same type, such as two threes plus two kings and one unrelated card.

One Pair

This hand has two cards of the same type, such as two sevens. It should be noted that the higher the number of cards, the stronger the hand is.

High Card

A high card is the lowest in the hand ranking of the poker game. If a player has none of the above hand possibilities, then the highest single card is the next best option and is called a high card.

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