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Royal Flush: A Royal Flush is the highest hand in
poker. Between two royal flushes, there can be no tie breaker.
If two players have Royal Flushes, they split
the pot. The odds of this happening though are about equivalent to
that of winning the lottery, unless the royal lands on the table
(community cards) in a game of Texas Holdem.
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Straight Flush: Staright
flushes come in varying strengths from five high to a king
high. A King high Straight Flush loses only to a
royal. If more than one player has a straight flush,
the winner is the player with the highest card used in the
straight. A queen high straight flush beats a jack high and
a jack high beats a ten high and so on. The suit
does never comes into play - a nine high straight
flush of diamonds will split the pot with a nine high straight flush in
clubs.
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Four of a Kind: This one is
simple, four Aces beats any other four of a kind, four Kings beats
four queens or less and so on. The only tricky part of a tie
breaker with four of a kind is when the four falls on the table in
a game of Texas holdem and is therefore shared between two (or
more) players. A kicker can be used, however if the fifth
community card is higher than any card held by any player still in
the hand, then the hand is considered a tie and the pot is split.
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Full House: When two or
more players
have full houses, we look first at the strength of the three of a
kind to determine the winner. For example, Aces full of
deuces (AAA22) beats Kings full of Jacks (KKKJJ). If there
are three of a kind on the table (community cards) in a Texas
Holdem game that are used by two or more players to make a full
house, then we would look at the strength of the pair to determine
a winner.
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Flush: A flush is any hand with five cards of the same
suit. If two or more players hold a flush, the flush with the
highest card wins. If more than one player has the same strength
high card, then the strength of the second highest card held wins.
This continues through the five highest cards in the player's
hands.
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Straight:
A straight is any five cards in sequence, but not
necessarily of the same suit. If more than one player has a
straight, the straight ending in the card wins. If both straights
end in a card of the same strength, the hand is tied.
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3 of a Kind:
If more than one
player holds three of a kind, then the higher value of the cards
used to make the three of kind determines the winner. If two or
more
players have the same three of a kind, then a fourth card (and a fifth
if necessary) can be used as kickers to determine the winner.
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Two Pair: The highest pair is used to determine the winner.
If two or more players have the same highest pair, then the highest of
the second pair determines the winner. If both players hold
identical two pairs, a fifth card can be used to break the tie.
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One Pair: If two or more players hold a single pair, then
highest pair wins. If the pairs are of the same value, the highest
kicker card determines the winner. A second and even third kicker
can be used if necessary.
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When no player has even a pair, then the highest
card wins. When both players have identical high cards, the next
highest card wins, and so on until five cards have been used. In
the unusual circumstance that two players hold the identical five
cards, the pot would be split.
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