Straight Flush
Playing poker isn't easy, they say. Well, that is not entirely correct.
If you familiarise yourself with various terms💰 and rules of poker, you can become a
professional. Regardless of which poker variants you choose to play, it is💰 vital to
have a perfect understanding of how to play poker and the essential rules before you
start playing and💰 challenging other players online.
The first and foremost lesson in
poker is learning about the poker hands and the poker hand💰 rankings. Also, it would
help if you had some tips handy, which you can read here.
Poker on MPL is available💰 in
three popular variations: Texas Hold 'em, PL Omaha, and PL Omaha 5.
In this, you will
understand the fundamental poker💰 rules, using an example hand to demonstrate. We will
be discussing Straight Flush poker here.
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What is a Straight flush?
Straight
Flush, as mentioned above,💰 is five cards of the same suit, in sequence. A Straight
Flush is the best hand you can have in💰 poker apart from the Royal Flush. The ultimate
combination of a Straight Flush is called a Royal Flush. It is💰 made by A-K-Q-J-10, all
in the same suit.
Some examples of Royal Flush
are:
A♠K♠Q♠J♠10♠
A♥K♥Q♥J♥10♥
A♣K♣Q♣J♣10♣
A♦K♦Q♦J♦10♦
In a Royal flush hand, the suits
are💰 irrelevant. The denomination matters here. When it comes to Royal flush, the hand
rank is more important. From King to💰 Ace in any suit, all the ranks are the
same.
Example of a regular Straight Flush:
9♠8♠7♠6♠5♠
However, the ranking of a
Straight💰 Flush depends upon the highest straight card and not the suit. In case of more
than one player has Straight💰 Flush, then the winner is decided by the player having the
highest straight. In that manner, a 10-high Straight Flush,💰 regardless of any suit,
will beat a 9-high Straight Flush in any suit. This goes for all the Royal Flush💰 hand
rank rankings.
Lowest Straight Flush in Poker
As per the poker straight order,
A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest order. It is a💰 five-high straight where Ace is used as 1.
Typically, a straight flush in poker is ranked by the highest card.💰 Hence, use Ace as
low and five as high in a straight combination of A-2-3-4-5.
Straight Flush Poker
Combinations
A Wheel or💰 Bicycle poker combination is when they go up to A-2-3-4-5. In
Straight Flush, the poker hand ranking is possible. Suits💰 are not necessary here; what
matters is the denomination. Not all the hands are ranked equally. The straight cards
are💰 ranked by their highest order hence the denomination order is critical.
Straight
Flush in 3 Card Poker
In numerical order, three card💰 poker refers to three-card
combinations of a kind or of the same suit. That means King, Queen, and Ace are💰 the
high-ranking cards while 4,3,2 are the lowest ones. Read more about 3 Card game poker
here.
Basic Rules of Straight💰 Flush
Suits are unrelated in Straight Flush.
While
playing a game of poker, one of the first things to note is that💰 suits are not relevant
in this case. While forming a sequence, it is about getting the sequence, irrespective
of the💰 suit. In extremely rare cases, if a tie occurs between two or more players with
the same hand rank, the💰 card straight card determines the outcome. For instance, a 9
high straight flush from any suit will always beat a💰 7 high.
Ranking the Straight
Flush
In Texas Hold'em, and almost all poker games use the 52-card deck. Technically,
the straight Flush💰 ranks ahead of every other and can beat every hand below it. If you
have Royal Flush, though, as a💰 separate ranking, then it becomes the second-best hand
in poker.
There are 40 possible straight flush variations in poker with four💰 Royal
Flush variations using the same deck of cars.
Texas Hold 'em Straight flush Poker
combinations
Considering the flop, turn and river💰 in Texas Hold 'em, here are the odds
for you to make it.
Pre-flop: 0.00139% 5 cards randomly drawn
Flop: 0.0012% Provided
💰 you are holding 2 suited cards
Turn: 4.25% Provided you have 2 suited cards from the
flop round
River: 4.35% Provided there💰 are 2 suited cards on the table
There are a
total of 10,240 different straight poker hands that are recognised as💰 straight. They
are either ordinary straight or flush straight.
Types of Straights in Poker
There are
two types of poker hands that💰 are classified as straight.
Straight Flush: There are
five cards of the same suit in sequence, such as 3♥, 4♥, 5♥,💰 6♥, 7♥.
Ordinary straight:
There are five cards in sequence, with a minimum of two cards of different suits. Ace
can💰 be high or low, but not both. Thus, A♠, 2♥, 3♦, 4♣, 5♥ and 10♠, J♥, Q♦, K♣, A♥ are
💰 valid straights; but Q♠, K♥, A♦, 2♣, 3♥ is not.
Flush Vs Straight
In Texas Hold 'em, a
flush (five cards of💰 the same suit) always beats a straight (five cards in a numeric
sequence). However, a straight-flush, which is five cards💰 of the same suit in
consecutive order, beats both hands.
How does a Straight Flush hand rank?
A Straight
Flush has one💰 of the best poker rankings. It ranks below a Royal Flush and four of a
kind. In ace to six💰 rules, an ace always ranks low. So A♥ K♥ Q♥ J♥ 10♥ is a king-high
flush. In five-to-low ace rules,💰 straight flushes are not possible.
Straight Flush
Poker Probabilities
Hold'em Probabilities
Pre-flop:
Straight Flush:0.00139%(based on 5
cards randomly drawn from a full 52-card deck)
Royal💰 Flush: 0.000154%(based on 5 cards
randomly drawn from a full 52-card deck)
Flop:0.0012%(when holding 2 suited
cards)
Turn:4.25%(from a flop with 2💰 suited cards)
River:4.35%(on a board with 2 suited
cards)
Pot Limit Omaha Probabilities
Pre-flop:
Straight Flush:0.00139%(based on 5 cards
randomly drawn from a full💰 52-card deck)
Royal Flush0.000154%(based on 5 cards randomly
drawn from a full 52-card deck)
Flop:0.04625%(when holding 2 suited
connectors)
Flop:0.00578%(when holding 2 suited💰 cards)
Turn:4.44%(from a flop with 2
suited cards)
River:4.54%(on a board with 2 suited cards)
Poker hands from Best to
Worst
The poker hands💰 from the best to the worst is listed below. Remember the
sequences to know what hand you have and what💰 kind of bets you'll be able to make with
it.
Royal Flush- Where A, K, Q, J, 10 are of the💰 same suit
Straight Flush- Five cards
of the same type, in sequence (the pair that we will discuss extensively).
Four of a
💰 Kind- All the four cards are of the same rank
Full House- A full house is when you have
three of💰 a kind with a pair
Flush- Any five cards of the same suit, but not in a
sequence
Straight- 5 cards not💰 in the same suit, but not in a sequence
Three of a Kind-
Three cards of the same rank
Two Pair- Two💰 different pairs, not necessarily of the same
sequence
One Pair- Two cards of the same rank, not necessarily of the rank
High💰 Card-
When you have none of the above hands, it is a high card. You can only play the
highest-ranking💰 card
