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Encyclopedia > Royal flush
A royal flush of hearts
A royal flush of hearts

A royal flush is a poker hand containing an ace, king, queen, jack, and a 10 of the same suit (for example A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠). Because it is both a straight (having five cards in sequential rank) and a flush (having five cards of the same suit), it is also known as an ace-high straight flush or Super Flush. Image File history File links Royal Flush of Hearts Moltovivace 00:04, 15 August 2005 (UTC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Royal Flush of Hearts Moltovivace 00:04, 15 August 2005 (UTC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A hand in poker can mean any of the following: A synonym for round, a unit of play consisting of a deal, betting, and possibly a showdown. ... The acronym ACE, depending on context, can refer to: Accumulated Cyclone Energy, a measure of the activity of Atlantic hurricane seasons Adaptive Communication Environment, an open-source class framework Advanced Computing Environment, a defunct initiative to define a new PC based on MIPS CPUs instead of Intel x86 Advanced... The King is a playing card with a picture of a king on it. ... The queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. ... The Jack is a playing card with a picture of a young man on it. ... A straight is a poker hand such as Q♣ J♠ 10♠ 9♥ 8♥, which contains five cards of sequential rank, of varying suits. ... A flush is a poker hand such as Q♣ 10♣ 7♣ 6♣ 4♣, which contains five cards of the same suit, not in rank sequence. ... A straight flush is a poker hand such as Q♠ J♠ 10♠ 9♠ 8♠, which contains five cards in sequence, all of the same suit. ...


A royal flush is not actually a separate type of hand in poker. It is ranked as a straight flush, but since it has an ace as the highest card, it is the highest ranking straight flush, and therefore the highest ranking hand in poker (sans wild cards). A hand in poker can mean any of the following: A synonym for round, a unit of play consisting of a deal, betting, and possibly a showdown. ... The poker room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ. Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, after which the pot is awarded to the... Poker games may contain one or more cards designated as wild. ...


The probability that a random five card hand is a royal flush is 1 in 649,740. In poker, the probability of each type of 5 card hand can be computed by calculating the proportion of hands of that type among all possible hands. ...


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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Royal flush (746 words)
A royal flush is a poker hand containing an ace, king, queen, jack, and a 10 of the same suit (for example A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠).
It is ranked as a straight flush, but since it has an ace as the highest card, it is the highest ranking straight flush, and therefore the highest ranking hand in poker (sans wild cards).
Sometimes straights and/or flushes count in determining which hand is highest but not in determining which hand is lowest (being reckoned as a no-pair hand in the latter instance), so that a player with such a holding can win both ways and thus take the entire pot.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Straight flush (594 words)
An ace-high straight flush such as A♣ K♣ Q♣ J♣ 10♣ is called a royal flush, and is the highest ranking poker hand possible without wild cards.
A royal flush of hearts A royal flush is a poker hand containing an ace, king, queen, jack, and a 10 of the same suit (for example Aâ™ Kâ™ Qâ™ Jâ™ 10â™).
An ace-high straight flush such as Ac Kc Qc Jc 10c is often called a royal flush, and is the highest ranking poker hand possible without wild cards.
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