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Posted in Poker March 31st, 2010

What Are Poker Hands?

 

Have you heard of poker face?  How about poker tells?  And, may be poker tilt?  There is one more you may have heard of one way or another, that is poker hand.  For people who do not know poker, these words may be somewhat new.  But for poker players, these words are important and thus understanding them may be necessary.

Poker face is a poker strategy of hiding the strength or weakness of your game through your facial expression. 

While Poker tells is a demeanor in the poker table that informs your opponent of the condition of your game. 

Poker tilt, on the other hand, happens when the player is annoyed, irritated or angry.  This is where the player make mistakes in betting or making an action which he probably will not if he is in his right frame of mine.

Now, poker hand is the card that the poker player is holding on.  The strength of the poker hand will determine who will win the pot.

Thus, to guide new players in the game of poker, we list herewith the poker hand ranked from the strongest to the weakest.

If you have read the discussion on playable Texas Hold’em hole card, you will understand why they are strong when you consider the strength of these poker hands.

Here we go –

Royal Flush

Royal flush is a 5 -card poker hand that contains a 10-J-Q-K-A all suited.  This is the strongest poker hand that will win you large pots when you hold them.  It may be helpful to know that several of the playable poker hole cards are suited face cards because of the probability of creating this poker hand.

Straight Flush

This is another 5-card poker hand that entails cards to be suited.  This suited five card hand has to be numbered in succession.  Thus, it is straight suited.  Example would be 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 all hearts.  This is the second highest poker hand.

Four of a Kind

This poker hand contains four cards of the same rank plus one card called the kicker.  The kicker is used to complete the five card hand.  There are poker games that used a wild card or a joker.  A joker can be any number the holder pleases and thus, there is a poker hand that is called five of a kind in this case.

Of course, four of a kind is already quite nice, thus, pairs especially of face cards are playable hole cards in Texas Hold’em

Full House

This poker hand has three cards of the same rank and a pair.  This is one of the strongest and commonly created poker hands.  There are 3,744 possible full houses in a 52-card deck.

Flush

Flush is a five card hand all suited.  There is no ranking necessary.  The only requirement is that all of them are of the same suite.  This is the easier version of the straight flush.

Straight

Straight is another neat poker hand.  Thus, in the list of playable hole cards, numbers in succession are considered good.  There are more than ten thousand possible straights in a 52-card deck.

Three of a Kind

This five card hand requires that there are three cards of the same rank plus two kickers.  There are 54,912 possible three of kind poker hands in a 52-card deck.

Two pairs

This has two sets of pairs and a kicker to complete the five card hand.  More than a hundred thousand two pairs can be developed in a 52-card deck.

Pair

Only one pair plus three kickers are necessary to develop this poker hand.  There are more than a million possible pairs in a 52-card deck.

High Card

There is no pattern in this hand.  The only thing you should wish for is at least there is an ace to win you a pot. 

There are millions of possibilities in creating a winnable poker hand.  Thus, if you are new in this game, you have to practice as much as you can. 

Try facebook poker or take advantage of poker sites offering play money poker games. 

Enjoy your poker gaming and keep in mind the poker hands that you can play.

 

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