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Texas Holdem Hand Rankings

Nowadays online poker is the most popular gambling game played on the Internet. More and more gamblers join the online poker rooms every day, because playing online poker is easier and more comfortable than playing in a land-based card room or in casino. There are so many online poker rooms, which offer different variations of poker game, but Party Poker is certainly one of the best. 


Every new poker player could play his favourite card game at Party Poker, because in this website there is a Poker School, which helps all beginners to learn to play the game of poker. If you have never played this card game before you must start with learning the poker hand rankings. It is so important because the rank of poker hands is the same for all variants of poker without exception. 

At Party Poker and in all online poker rooms and real casinos the game of poker is played with a standard 52-card deck. In some games, a wild card or a joker could be added. All poker hands consist of five cards, no matter how many cards the player is dealt. There are poker games, in which every player receives more than five cards, but his final hand always contains five cards. There are four suits in the playing deck and no suit is higher than others. In every poker game the rank of hands from low to high is as follow: 

* High Card - this is the weakest poker hand, which consists of five completely different cards. For instance - Q, 3, A, 7 and 4. 
* Pair - these are two cards of the same face value, combined with three other unmatched cards - J, J, 5, 2 and K. 
* Two Pairs - two cards of the same rank, two other cards of the same rank and one different card - A, A, 7, 7 and 6. 
* Three of a Kind - the hand contains three cards of the same denomination and other two unmatched cards - 9, 9, 9, Q and 10. 
* Straight - these are five cards of different suits in sequent order - 9, 10, J, Q and K of mixed suits. 
* Flush - the hand consists of five cards of the same suit, which are not in sequent order - 2, 7, 10, J and A all of one suit. 
* Full House - this is a very good hand in all poker games. Two cards of one rank and three cards of another rank form this hand - K, K, K, 3 and 3. 
* Four of a kind - this hand contains four cards of the same face value and other fifth card - Q, Q, Q, Q and 6. 
* Straight Flush - any five card in sequence, all of the same suit - 7, 8, 9, 10 and J of one suit. 
* Royal Flush - this is the best possible five-card hand in all poker games. It consists of 10, J, Q, K and A and all these cards are of the same suit. 

When you learn the rank of poker hands, there are few more steps to pass and you will be among the expert poker players.

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