Hand	Example	Description
Royal Flush	AKQJ10	The Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten, all of the same suit. All suits are equal, so all royal flushes are equal.
Straight Flush	109876	The stright flush is 5 cards in sequential order, all of the same suit. Aces can be high or low.
Four of a kind	KKKK	Four cards with the same rank, the fifth card can be anything.
Full house	KKK88	A full house is 3 of a kind with another pair of cards. The highest Full-House would be "Aces over Kings", meaning 3 aces and 2 kings.
Flush	K263J	A flush is 5 cards of the same suit. The cards are not in sequence.
Straight	J10987	A sequence of 5 cards, in order, but not of the same suit. Aces can be high or low.
Three of a kind	888	3 cards of the same rank.
Two pair	9944	Two sets of two cards of the same rank
One pair	QQ	Any two cards of the same rank
High card	A	The highest card, when are no pairs, straights, or flushes!

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