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Poker Hand Ranking

Almost every style of poker uses a standard single 52 card deck, although the majority of games remove the jokers from play. The hand ranking for Texas Holdem is as follows:

Royal Flush	The best possible hand in Texas Holdem Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace (same suit)
Straight Flush	Five cards of the same suit and in sequential order 9, Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace (same suit) Ace, two, three four five (same suit)
Four of a kind	Any four numerically matching cards
Full House	Three of a kind and a pair in the same hand A, A, A, Q, Q ('Aces full of Queens')
Flush	Five cards of the same suit, in any order
Straight	Five cards, of any suit, in sequential order
Three of a kind	Any three numerically matching cards
Two Pair	Two different pairs in the same hand
Pair	Any two numerically matching cards
High Card	The highest ranked card in your hand Ace being the highest and 2 being the lowest