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There are 52 cards in the pack, and the ranking of the individual cards, from high to low, is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. There is no ranking between the suits - so for example the king of hearts and the king of spades are equal. A poker hand consists of five cards. Poker Downloads for Compaq. The categories of hand, from highest to lowest, are listed below. Any hand in a higher category beats any hand in a lower category (so for example any three of a kind beats any two pairs). Poker Downloads for Compaq. Between hands in the same category the rank of the individual cards decides which is better, as described in more detail below. In games where a player has more than five cards and selects five to form a poker hand, the remaining cards do not play any part in the ranking. Poker Downloads for Compaq. Poker ranks are always based on five cards only. Some readers may wonder why I deal with the case of (say) two threes of a kind of equal rank. This obviously cannot arise in standard poker, but such comparisons are needed in some other games using poker combinations - for example poker menteur - and in games with wild cards. Poker Downloads for Compaq.

Learn Poker Terms
Betting Round: If any cards of players' hands are up, betting usually begins with whoever is showing the highest hand. Poker Downloads for Compaq. Some people play that in high/low games, the first round of betting starts with the lowest showing hand and all later rounds start with the highest. If no cards are showing, the betting should start with a different player each round, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer and rotating to the next player clockwise each round. Poker Downloads for Compaq. A round consists of a series of bets until everyone has called or folded.

Declare: Announcing whether you're trying for the high hand, low hand, or both. Typically, this is done by secretly putting no chips in your hand if you're going low, one chip if you're going high, or two chips if you're going both. Poker Downloads for Compaq. Everyone then opens their fists simultaneously.

Down: Face down, so that the value of the card isn't showing.

Exchange: Discard cards from a hand and replace them with different cards, usually from the top of the deck. Poker Downloads for Compaq.

High/Low: The highest hand and the lowest hand split the pot. In many high/low games, it is possible to win the entire pot by having the highest and the lowest hand (accomplished via wild cards, or by using different sets of 5 cards), but only if you declare that you're trying for both. Poker Downloads for Compaq. If you try for both but don't win both (that is, someone else has the highest or the lowest hand), you win neither. When playing high/low, hands are only compared against those declared the same way unless you're playing that cards speak for themselves, in which case there's no declare and all hands are compared against each other. Poker Downloads for Compaq. If someone goes for both and fails, say by winning high but losing low, the high half of the pot goes to the low winner - it doesn't go the second best high hand.

Natural: Without wild cards.

Perfect low: A perfect low is usually A-2-3-4-6. Poker Downloads for Compaq. However, it can also be A-2-3-4-5 if you play that straights don't count when you go low, or it can be 2-3-4-5-7 if you play that Aces are always high, or 2-3-4-5-6 if you play both of the above. Poker Downloads for Compaq.

Rank:Value of a card. There are 13 ranks in a deck of cards.

Roll: Flip a down card up.

Rolling Showdown: A showdown in which cards are stacked and revealed one at a time with a round of betting after each card is revealed. Poker Downloads for Compaq.

Rotating Bet: Each round of betting starts with the next player clockwise. Typically, the player to the left of the dealer starts the first betting round. The 2nd round would thus be started by the player to his left, and so forth.

Showdown: The process of revealing hands and determining the winner. Poker Downloads for Compaq.

Trick: A set of cards, one card from each player, played one at a time in sequence around the table. Tricks are usually found in games like Hearts and Bridge, not in true Poker games. Poker Downloads for Compaq.

Trump: One suit which is stronger than other suits. The lowest ranking card of a trump suit beats the highest ranking card of any other suit. Trump suits are used in trick-taking games and are not found in true Poker games.

Up: Face up, so that the value of the card is showing. Poker Downloads for Compaq.