Poker Rules
Basics
There are four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds and
clubs). No suit is higher than another. All poker
hands contain five cards, the highest hand wins.
The use of Wild Cards depends on the variations,
wild cards take on whatever rank or suit you want
it to take. A wild card can either be a separate
card added like a joker or you may specify a
certain card in the standard deck to be wild like
deuces, or whatever else.
Five of a Kind A
five of a kind, only possible when using wild
cards, is the highest possible hand. If more than
one hand has five of a kind, the higher cards
wins, five Aces will beat five kings, which beats
five queens, and continues on by the ranking of
the cards. Full
House A full house
is a three of a kind and a pair, such as
K-K-K-2-2. When there are two full houses the tie
is broken by the three of a kind. An example would
be J-J-J-5-5 would beat 9-9-9-A-A. If for some
reason the three of a kind cannot determine the
victor then you go to the pair to decide (this
would only happen in a game with wild cards). An
example of this would be K-K-K-A-A would beat
K-K-K-J-J. Two Pair
Two distinct pairs of card and a 5th card. The
highest ranking pair wins ties. If both hands have
the same high pair, the second pair wins. If both
hands have the same pairs, the high card wins. |