 to the strongest hand (royal flush). In Texas hold'em, each player receives two cards (hole cards). These are private and can be used only by the person to whom they are dealt. Through the three stages (the flop, the turn and the river) five cards are revealed at the centre of the table (community cards). DISCOVER HOW TO PLAY CRAZY EIGHTS, GIN RUMMY AND HEARTS After the river, each player effectively has seven cards to utilise – the five community cards and their two hole cards. Using a combination of these seven cards, each player tries to form the best possible hand. The best hand wins the pot. Here are all of the possible hands that you can play in five-card poker. High card This list is in ascending order, starting with the weakest possible hand – high card. A high card is when a player cannot make up any of the other possible hands. Hence, it can also be called a 'no pair' or 'nothing' hand. As the player cannot form a hand, they play their highest ranking card. WANT TO TRY SLOT GAMES? HERE'S HOW TO PLAY CLOVER ROLLOVER Ace is generally considered high, unless it is forming part of a hand that dictates its value must be low. Pair To form a pair, the player must have two cards of the same rank, in different suits. For instance, an ace of hearts and an ace of spades. Two pair The two pair is when a player can form two sets of paired cards. Within the pairs, the cards must be the same rank. The pairs must be different ranks to each other. For instance, an ace of hearts, an ace of spades, a){kind=link}
THE game poker can be played online or in casinos and has many varieties. The most common form is probably Texas hold’em, which is a five-card game.
Do you know all of the possible hands that you can have?
Nearly all poker games are played with a standard 52-card deck.
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Texas hold’em, as well as many other variations of poker, have 10 possible hands.