To make sense of our poker probability calculator's outputs and inner workings, we need
to know the different hands you 🍉 might find in poker. So, here they are, described and
ranked from best to worst below. When multiple hands of 🍉 the highest rank are present,
the rank of the individual cards breaks these ties. Aces are usually ranked highest but
🍉 can form part of low sequences too (acting as a "1" instead) — we'd count both
A-2-3-4-5 or 10-J-Q-K-A as 🍉 straights, but the former is 5-high, and the latter is
ace-high.
Straight flush: Five cards of sequential ranks of the same 🍉 suit. The
highest-ranked card breaks ties. An ace-high straight flush (i.e., A, K, Q, J, and 10,
all of the 🍉 same suit) is famously called a royal flush and is the best possible hand.
Four of a kind: Four cards 🍉 of the same rank and a remaining card of any rank. The
quadruple-card's rank breaks ties. Full house: One triple 🍉 and one pair. Ties are broken
by the triple's rank, then by the pair's rank. Flush: Five cards of the 🍉 same suit, but
with no discernible order. Ties are broken by comparing the two highest cards, then the
two second-highest 🍉 cards, etc. Straight: Five cards in sequential order, but not of one
suit. The highest card in the straight breaks 🍉 ties. Three of a kind: Three cards with
the same face. Ties are broken by those three cards' rank, and 🍉 then by the highest
remaining cards in order. Two pair: Two separate pairs of faces. Ties are broken by the
🍉 best pair's rank, then the second-best pair's rank, then by the highest remaining cards
in order. Pair ("one pair"): Only 🍉 one pair of faces. Ties are broken by this pair's
rank and then by the highest remaining card. High card: 🍉 When no other hand can be
formed, it's called a "high card", which refers to the best-ranked card in that 🍉 hand.
Ties are broken as with flushes — first, compare the two high cards, then the two next
highest ranks, 🍉 etc.
The poker equity calculator will tell you what the odds are that
you'll eventually obtain a given hand, given the 🍉 cards you've been dealt initially.
