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Encyclopedia > Straight flush

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. It ranks above all other poker hands (unless wild cards are used, in which case it ranks below five of a kind). There are 40 straight flushes, so the odds on a straight flush given a five card hand are 64973:10. Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Poker 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, which is awarded to the remaining player or players with the... A hand in poker can mean any of the following: A unit of play consisting of a deal, one or more rounds of betting, and possibly a showdown. ... The four Anglo-American playing card suits: spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. ... Poker games may contain one or more cards designated as wild. ... Five of a kind is a poker hand such as A♠ A♣ A♥ A♦ (Wild), which contains five cards of the same rank (only possible in wild card games). ... In probability theory and statistics the odds in favor of an event or a proposition are the quantity p / (1 − p), where p is the probability of the event or proposition. ...


Two such hands are compared by their high card in the same way as are straights, and the same wild card rules apply as for straights. The ace rule also applies: 5♦ 4♦ 3♦ 2♦ A♦ is a 5-high straight flush (sometimes called a "steel wheel"). 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 straight is a poker hand such as Q♣ J♠ 10♠ 9♥ 8♥, which contains five cards of sequential rank, of varying suits. ... Poker games may contain one or more cards designated as wild. ... 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™ ). Because it is both a straight (having five cards in sequential rank) and a flush (having five cards...


Examples:

  • 7♥ 6♥ 5♥ 4♥ 3♥ beats 5♠ 4♠ 3♠ 2♠ A♠
  • J♣ 10♣ 9♣ 8♣ 7♣ ties J♦ 10♦ 9♦ 8♦ 7♦

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Straight flush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (186 words)
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.
There are 40 straight flushes, so the odds on a straight flush given a five card hand are 64973:10.
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.
Encyclopedia: Straight flush (615 words)
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 A♣ K♣ Q♣ J♣ 10♣ is often called a royal flush, and is the highest ranking poker hand possible without wild cards.
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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