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Hand Rankings

All inPlay Poker is played with a standard deck of 52 cards; four suits--hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs--of 13 denominations--2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace.

The five cards in your hand are rearranged to make one of the following ranks of hands. Poker hands are ranked as follows, from the best hand (a straight flush) to the worst (a high-card hand):

  1. Straight flush. Five cards, in order, all of the same suit. Aces act as both high and low, so the highest ranking straight flush (a Royal Flush) is 10-J-Q-K-A, and the lowest ranking straight flush is A-2-3-4-5
  2. Four of a kind. Four cards of the same denomination, with any other card. Aces are high, so the best four-of-a-kind is four aces (and the worst is four twos).
  3. Full House. Three cards of one denomination and two of another. Aces are high, and the denomination of the three cards is used to determine which of two full houses wins (so, for example, 4-4-4-2-2 beats 3-3-3-Ace-Ace).
  4. Flush. Five cards of the same suit. If two players both have flushes, the denominations of their cards are used to determine the winner. The best flush is 9-J-Q-K-A, the worst is 2-3-4-5-7. If both players have the same denominations of cards, then their hands are tied.
  5. Straight. Five cards, not all of the same suit, in order. Ranking for breaking ties between straights is the same as for straight flushes.
  6. Three of a kind. Three cards of the same denomination, with any other two cards. Three aces is the best three-of-a-kind, three twos the worst.
  7. Two pair. Two cards of one denomination and two of another, plus one other card (the "kicker"). The best two-pair hand is A-A-K-K-Q, the worst is 3-3-2-2-4. The high pair wins the hand, so A-A-2-2-3 beats K-K-J-J-A.
  8. One pair. Two cards of one denomination and three other cards. The best one-pair hand is A-A-K-Q-J, the worst is 2-2-5-4-3.
  9. No pair (high-card). Five cards that don't match any of the above categories. The best high-card hand is A-K-Q-J-9, the worst is 2-3-4-5-7.

Suits are never used to break ties between hands, so, for example, 2-3-4-5-6 of hearts ties 2-3-4-5-6 of spades. If the best hands are tied, the pot is split evenly among the winning players.

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