Poker hands

When you sit down to play poker, you are given a certain amount of cards. These cards are called a poker hand. Poker hands can be strong or weak. It depends on the combination of cards you get in your poker hands. Below are the basic poker hands. Royal Flush is the highest of all the poker hands - ace, king, queen, jack, ten in the same suit.Straight Flush - Five cards of the same suit in sequence.Four of a kind four cards of the same rank.Full house includes three cards of one rank and two cards of a different rank.Flush four cards of one suit.Straight this poker hand includes five cards of different suits in sequence.Three of a kind three cards of the same rank and two cards of a different rank. This poker hand is also called Triplets.Two pairs two sets of two cards of the same rank.Pair two cards of the same rank.

High hand a poker hand, which does not match any of the above combinations.Poker hands determine the player s strategy for the particular game. The players bets depend on how strong their poker hands are. If some of the players get very weak poker hands, they are usually recommended to fold before they lose money. Remember: there is a great chance you will not be able to improve a weak poker hand if you get one at the very beginning.