Poker Hands

Below are 5 card poker hands in order of rank. While the highest ranked hand, the Royal Flush, is the highest ranking poker hand, you regularly see the pot being won with a high card.

Obviously, experienced players have no need check a poker hand rank pictorial. This is for the really, really, incredibly new poker player, such as me in the not-so-distant past. If you're really new to poker, it's not uncommon to get confused about which hand is best; a flush or a full house, a straight or a set. Before you know it, you won't need to check, but just in case you need to, here it is, Poker Hand Ranks:

1. Royal Flush A Royal Flush is the highest ranked hand in poker. It consists of an Ace-high straight in one suit. Voted by poker pessimists most likely hand to occur in a round where nobody else bets, and everyone folds if you bet.	2. Straight Flush A straight flush is a 5 card straigh in one suit, and any card ranks. If two straight flushes are shown, then one with the highest ranked high card wins. A very nice hand to have, since others are likely to be thinking they have a winning with a simple flush or a straight =big pot.	3. Four of a Kind Self explanatory, 4 of a kind consists of 4 cards of equal rank. Another rare and amazing hand to have. However, unless someone has a full house using the pair on board, the pots are likely to be disappointing.
4. Full House A full house - also called a "boat" is a five card hand consisting of a pair and a set (three of a kind).	5. Flush A flush is a 5 card hand all of a singe suit.	6. Straight A straight is 5 cards in sequence, according to rank.
7. Three of a Kind Also called a "set", Three cards of the same rank. In a showdown where two players have a set, the highest ranked set wins.	8. Two Pairs Two pairs, any rank. In the event of a showdown, the holder of the highest ranking pair wins.	9. Pair Two cards of the same rank.

10. High Card
Self Explanatory...Where there are no better hands, the hand with the highest rank card wins. If there is a tie for highest card, the second highest card determines the winner - and so on.