Top 4 hands in poker - Poker instruction : use this tutorial to learn how to play poker - basic rules of poker will help you to learn about the game in a quick and easy to understand manner.

Basic Rules All poker games use a standard 52 card deck, and the cards are ranked: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace. (Aces count as both high and low). Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades are all of equal value.

The aim is to have the best hand out of the cards you are dealt, with the following winning hands listed in order of rank.

*keep in mind whatever version of poker game you happen to be playing: the rank of winning hands never changes.

Royal Flush

The ultimate hand, the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten of any one suit.
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Straight Flush

A straight in one suit, i.e. five cards of the same suit in ascending order.
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Four of a Kind

Four cards of the same value.

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Full House

Three of a kind and a pair, with the three of a kind counts first.

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*this is my own opinion of the game; others may feel differently, but I believe you must play the game for the game: disregarding the bets ..... for the most part. Because of the element of "bluffing" - betting big even though you have nothing; , you cannot judge what another player has by the increase/decrease of bets.
I hasten to add that I have won many games simply by choosing to stay in to the end; on those hands where I have paid to stay in through all but the last round of betting. In other words; in a game of 7 card: if you had a pair of tens and paid to stay through all 7 cards; as long as no other hand is showing it can beat you; stay in for the last round of betting. You might be surprised to find out that the guy that has been betting every chance he gets; doesn't have crap. Either way, you paid to get to see his cards for 7 rounds of betting; make them prove they can beat you; it's only one more round of bets.

Poker instruction : use this tutorial to learn how to play poker - basic rules of poker will help you to learn about the game in a quick and easy to understand manner.


Poker hands to learn about and illistrated on this page:
royal flush, straight flush , four of kind , full house

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